So in Nebraska, there was one crucial vote - Senator Merv Riepe. Both of them failed in kind of dramatic fashion. SIMMONS-DUFFIN: So the South Carolina bill was a ban at conception, and the Nebraska bill was a six-week ban. MCCAMMON: Let's start with the abortion ban failures in Nebraska and South Carolina. SELENA SIMMONS-DUFFIN, BYLINE: Hi, Sarah. To help us understand these developments, we've called on NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin. And also this week, a study out of Oklahoma, a state with a number of abortion bans, sheds light on the real effects of these laws for many women seeking medical treatment. This week, abortion bans in two deeply conservative states, South Carolina and Nebraska, failed to advance in their respective legislatures, raising serious questions about the political viability of these types of laws for Republicans. We begin tonight's program by taking stock of recent developments around abortion access.
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