SC Supreme Court rules in Planned Parenthood’s abortion lawsuit against state
On Wednesday, May 14, the South Carolina Supreme Court has made a decision on Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against the state.
On Wednesday, May 14, the South Carolina Supreme Court has made a decision on Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against the state.
During the oral arguments for Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic on Wednesday before the United States Supreme Court, Gov. Henry McMaster defended South Carolina’s right to exclude abortion providers from the Medicaid program.
There are just two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina, but every year they take hundreds of low-income patients who need things like contraception, cancer screenings and pregnancy testing.
Nearly 40 republicans at the State House are sponsoring a bill for a total abortion ban.
With a heartbeat abortion ban solidly in place in South Carolina, lawyers for the state and Planned Parenthood return to the state’s highest court Wednesday to argue how restrictive the ban should be.
A coalition of community and advocacy organizers from across the state are launching a petition campaign to repeal the most recent abortion ban in South Carolina.