Five state senators whose bipartisan coalition filibustered an abortion ban in South Carolina will get the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.
for working to improve relations between their countries despite domestic opposition.
During the filibuster the senators — Republicans Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn and Penry Gustafson; Democrat Margie Bright Matthews; and independent Mia McLeod — took turns “describing the complexities of pregnancy and the reproductive system, the dangers of lack of access to contraception, and inadequate privacy laws,” award officials said in written release.
Despite the filibuster, the South Carolina Legislature was later able to approve the measure that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy — before most people know they are pregnant.
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South Carolina women senators who fought abortion ban to receive JFK Profile in Courage awardFive women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year
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South Carolina women senators who fought abortion ban to receive JFK Profile in Courage awardFive women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year.
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South Carolina women senators who fought abortion ban to receive JFK Profile in Courage awardFive women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year
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South Carolina women senators who fought abortion ban to receive JFK Profile in Courage awardFive women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year.
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