The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina Senate has agreed to come back in special session later this year to take up abortion bills to respond to the possibility the U.S. Supreme Court allows states to ban the procedure. Republicans rejected a request by Democrats to also include in a special session a bill that would make South Carolina the…
Wednesday’s 51-49 negative vote almost along party lines provided a stark display of the nation’s partisan divide over the landmark court decision and the limits of legislative action.
A key vote is expected in the Senate today.
Senator Lindsey Graham says he hopes Roe v. Wade gets repealed. If it does, South Carolina’s fetal heartbeat bill is likely to go into effect, banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will vote next Wednesday to begin debating a measure that would protect abortion rights at the federal level. In the meantime, the chief justice of the Supreme Court is launching an investigation after the leak of a draft opinion on abortion rights.
The future of Roe v. Wade looks bleak, after an unprecedented leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that suggested the 1973 law will be struck down. With primaries across the country getting underway, how might this news impact the midterm elections?
Access to abortion though is already severely limited in parts of the country, with many women having to travel out of state to have the procedure.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic South Carolina chapter is responding to the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion which suggests the court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. The national Planned Parenthood organization also released a statement on social media.
According to CDC data, since Roe v. Wade, there have been more than 60 million abortions performed in the United States.
