Conservative groups push for total abortion ban as legislative session begins, Planned Parenthood responds
Should it pass, the bill would also treat abortions as murder, allowing women to be subject to current laws on homicide.
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SC Lawmakers plan to introduce new legislation on abortion this session
State lawmakers plan to introduce new legislation on abortion this session.
Group of South Carolina lawmakers look at the most restrictive abortion bill in the US
A bill that would allow judges to sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison and could restrict the use of IUDs and in vitro fertilization goes before a small group of South Carolina senators Tuesday.
Planned Parenthood pushes for nine week abortion care at SC Supreme Court
“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.
Opinions vary after SC Supreme Court upholds fetal heartbeat law
Many are expressing their approval and disapproval after South Carolina Supreme Court ruling the state’s Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act constitutional.
Many are expressing their approval and disapproval after South Carolina Supreme Court ruling the state’s Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act constitutional.
Arguments over South Carolina abortion ban returns to newly all-male state Supreme Court
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 marks 1 year since overturning of Roe V. Wade
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.
Protestors rally against 6 week abortion ban
Monday evening several people gathered at the South Carolina state house to protest against the passing of the six week abortion ban.
Abortion ban bill fails in state Senate
The State Senate failed to pass a bill that would have banned abortion in the state.
South Carolina Senate again rejects near-total abortion ban
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.
