'This is a monumental victory in the movement to protect legal abortion in the South,' said one campaigner after the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down a six-week ban. StopTheBanSC
on Twitter that though the U.S. Supreme Court can't reverse the South Carolina ruling because it's based on state law, Justice Kaye Hearn, who wrote the lead opinion, is set to step down next month and the GOP-controlled Legislature gets to select her replacement, so the fight may not be over.
"The court's decision means that our patients can continue to come to us, their trusted healthcare providers, to access abortion and other essential health services in South Carolina," said Jenny Black, president and CEO, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic."This is a monumental victory in the movement to protect legal abortion in the South."
"We are relieved that this dangerous law has been relegated to the history books and can no longer threaten patients and providers in South Carolina," she said."Reproductive healthcare, including abortion, is a fundamental right that should never be subject to the whims of power-hungry politicians.
but also the House GOP, which has been unable to even agree upon a speaker since taking narrow control of the chamber earlier this week.Thursday that"we are encouraged by South Carolina's Supreme Court ruling today on the state's extreme and dangerous abortion ban. Women should be able to make their own decisions about their bodies."
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