Nikki Haley Signs 20-Week Abortion Ban

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday signed into law the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which makes her state the 17th in the nation to impose a 20-week abortion ban. As The Daily Beast's Samantha Allen reported last week, the bill contains an exception for the life of the pregnant woman but not for rape or incest, and “is premised on the notion that fetuses can feel pain as early as 20 weeks. That same logic has been used to institute 20-week bans in several other states and, most recently, to require physicians in Utah to administer anesthesia during abortions performed after 20 weeks.”