“What you have gone through is not okay, it will never be okay, and we will not stop pushing for justice until our reproductive rights are restored and protected. I stand for the right to abortion and I stand by the decision I made to have one,” Shelton says through tears.
Many are expressing their approval and disapproval after South Carolina Supreme Court ruling the state’s Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act constitutional.
The right to an abortion in South Carolina is back before the state’s highest court as Republicans try to restore a ban that was overturned earlier this year — this time in front of the only state Supreme Court in the nation made up entirely of men.
Saturday June 24, 2023 marks one year since the United States Supreme Court’s dobbs decision which overturned roe versus wade and federally protected access to abortion.
Monday evening several people gathered at the South Carolina state house to protest against the passing of the six week abortion ban.
The State Senate failed to pass a bill that would have banned abortion in the state.
South Carolina senators rejected a bill that would have banned nearly all abortions in a conservative state that has increasingly served patients across a region where Republican officials have otherwise curtailed access.
Speaking in Virginia this morning, Nikki Haley discussed her thoughts on abortion and what course of action she would pursue if elected president.
The Supreme Court has allowed an abortion pill to remain widely available on the market as appeals play out in lower courts.
Last year, the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down the Fetal Heartbeat Bill which outlawed abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
