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Governor Kim Reynolds included abortion as a nonessential medical procedure and temporarily banned it in response to the pandemic. Abortion providers filed a petition requesting an emergency injunction against the order, arguing that it violated women's rights under the state Constitution and "severely jeopardizes their health, safety and welfare."
What are South Carolina's abortion laws? The Center for Reproductive Rights made a post on Aug. 23, 2023, explaining and condemning the S.C. Supreme Court's decisions on abortion.
Ending abortion in South Carolina was not included on the list of legislative priorities released by State House GOP leadership recently.Earlier this year, voters sent abortion rights-voting ...
The decision in South Carolina to uphold that state’s six-week abortion ban is a perfect reflection of an evolving Republican strategy on a political issue that will continue to plague the party ...
Currently, 13 states are enforcing bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with limited exceptions, and South Carolina and three others have bans that kick in at or about six weeks into pregnancy -- often before women realize they’re pregnant.
In 2024, South Carolina lawmakers reinstated a bill that would define abortion as "prenatal homicide"; and make abortion patients eligible for the death penalty. [10] The number of abortion clinics in South Carolina has fluctuated over the years, with fifteen in 1982, eighteen in 1992 and three in 2014. There were 5,714 legal abortions in 2014 ...
In states like South Carolina, that could mean a near-total abortion ban, as three GOP women who stood against a six-week ban last year have been voted out in the Republican primary this summer.
The vote occurred after 24 hours of debate over two days and hundreds of unsuccessful tries by S.C. House Democrats, who hold 36 seats in the 124-member chamber, to amend the bill.