SC Senate committee removes rape, incest exceptions in abortion bill: Wednesday, Sept. 7.

On Wednesday The South Carolina Senate will debate a near-total abortion ban that right now, does not include exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.

Abortion exceptions for rape and incest up to 12 weeks of pregnancy were removed by a 7-3 vote from a Senate committee Tuesday.

Democrats abstained from voting in an effort to prevent the bill from passing through the legislature.

“This is an awful bill. I just can’t say that enough,” said Senate Minority Leader Brad Hutto, (D-Orangeburg). “What we've witnessed here is the Republican majority’s attempt to impose an extreme total ban on abortion on women in South Carolina."

READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/senate-committee-removes-rape-incest-exceptions-abortion-bill-south-carolina/101-87e8e3df-740c-4a1e-a7b3-5bbdf7491872

In a legal victory for former President Donald Trump, a federal judge on Monday granted his request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and also temporarily halted the Justice Department’s own use of the records for investigative purposes.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon authorizes an outside legal expert to review the records taken during the Aug. 8 search and to weed out from the rest of the investigation any that might be protected by claims of attorney-client privilege or executive privilege. Some of those records may ultimately be returned to Trump, but the judge put off a ruling on that question.

READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-special-master/507-a4b919b1-b31e-4fb3-9ec2-0330f17e891e

Plus, turns out Charlotte is one of the most polite cities in the US, at least according to people who live here. A new survey asked residents around the country to rank their city's politeness. Charlotte tied with Dallas, Texas at number 15 for more polite.

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