It’s unlikely that the bill will become law, but abortion rights advocates in the state warn it sends a message about what’s to come.

South Carolina GOP lawmakers are once again attempting to classify abortion as homicide in the state, opening up abortion recipients to the death penalty. The state already boasts one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation,

A South Carolina Republican wants to reintroduce a bill that would make abortions punishable by death. The South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act is a bill that seeks to include "an unborn child at any stage of development" in the state's definition of "person,