A Republican-led push to nearly ban the procedure in South Carolina is over for now.

A Republican-led push to nearly ban the procedure in South Carolina is over for now.

However, the state Senate passed a bill in a special session Thursday that adjusts and adds more restrictions to South Carolina’s current six-week ban on abortion.

The bill’s approval came in a 27-16 vote, with almost all Republicans voting for it and two Republicans joining all but one Democrat in voting against it.

The Senate legislation is a significant change to the near-ban legislation the House of Representatives approved last week

So House members will next consider whether to accept those changes and send the bill to the governor or to further amend the bill.

The state’s current law, the “Fetal Heartbeat Law,” prohibits most abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, which is typically around six weeks.

However, its enforcement has been temporarily blocked by the South Carolina Supreme Court, so at this point, abortions are legal in the state before 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The Senate-approved bill drops the period of time when the exception for rape and incest is allowed from 20 weeks to through the first trimester, around 13 weeks.