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Abortion, tobacco tax proposals face tough odds in Senate 

Two controversial parts of a $5.1 billion House-passed budget may not survive in the Senate's spending plan, senators have told The Greenville News .

One provision would prohibit the state health plan from paying for abortions for women who are victims of rape or incest, while another would raise the state's 7-cents-per-pack tax on cigarettes to 37 cents.

Senators said they prefer that the cigarette tax issue be settled in standalone legislation already pending in the Senate instead of in the budget, where it would only last a year.

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