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Republicans GO FULL HANDMAID’S TALE with NEW BILL

2026-05-17 Entertainment
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South Carolina just advanced a bill banning abortion from clinical diagnosis — no exceptions for rape, incest, or fatal fetal anomaly. Women face up to 2 years in prison. Doctors face 20. Former prosecutor Melba Pearson breaks down the Unborn Child Protection Act — and why the woman who drove 8 hours to Illinois to save her life would be a criminal under this bill. Read the full story of Seth and Rachel Fulton: https://substack.com/@residentlegaldiva/p-197218488 Subscribe to Resident Legal Diva on Substack, YouTube & socials @ResidentLegalDiva Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@cheralbert8122 2026-05-17

NO ONE!!! Not even a husband has no business with our bodies!!!

707 51 replies
@meggarstang6761 2026-05-17

No exceptions for rape or incest sounds like something straight out of the p-file handbook.

649 29 replies
@gayleconlon7834 2026-05-17

I am in my 60's and I am absolutely screaming !! Please tell me where are all the women in this country?? How many will die or be sent to prison? WHAT ???? I feel like I'm living in the twilight zone!!

496 23 replies
@VisMeMeisV 2026-05-17

This is criminal! I suffered from 4 massive miscarriages that happened in my later term and each required a medical abortion because I was going to die. This bill will be a death sentence to thousands of women and girls.

426 21 replies
@SusieCatPurrson 2026-05-17

So women who have ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES will basically be forced TO DIE?.... Because ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES ARE NOT SURVIVABLE! THEY JUST ARE NOT!!!😈

418 38 replies
@AlyraMoondancer 2026-05-17

They don't care about children, unborn or otherwise. They care about _power._ That's it.

340 2 replies
@carolsullivan6483 2026-05-17

I can't handle this hellscape any longer!!

330 10 replies
@gogreen1951 2026-05-17

Thank you Melba for the update. It's sickening!

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@gothgammy666 2026-05-17

So you go to prison for an abortion from the rape by your father and you’re 17 years old but your father rapist doesn’t even get questioned by the police? They are NOT PRO LIFE!

220 4 replies
@loisk6186 2026-05-17

Shame on our culture that the men who propose these torture bills are not then shunned forever

137 3 replies

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