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July 14, 2022

South Carolina Abortion Providers Sue to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban
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Abortion providers in South Carolina have filed a lawsuit seeking to
block Senate Bill 1, the state's ban on abortion after just six weeks of
pregnancy - when many people are not yet aware that they are pregnant.
The challenge comes less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court
overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal constitutional right to
abortion. In a statement, Planned Parenthood called the law a direct
assault on healthcare and fundamental human rights, adding, "Without
court intervention, South Carolinians will continue to suffer in a state
with dangerously high rates of maternal mortality and infant mortality,
particularly among Black women and babies."


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