South Carolina bans abortion after 19 weeks

By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, SC (Reuters) - The South Carolina legislature on Tuesday passed a bill banning most abortions after 19 weeks of pregnancy unless the mother's life was at risk, making it the 17th U.S. state to approve such a ban. The bill will head to Republican Governor Nikki Haley's desk, who indicated in March that she would likely sign the legislation. The act, proposed last year in South Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature, passed after it was stripped of exceptions fo