” is similar to abortion restriction laws that a dozen states have previously passed. All were stopped from taking effect and currently are tied up in court. Federal law, which takes precedence over state law, currently allows abortion.The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office said in court papers filed Friday morning that Planned Parenthood can’t be sure the law will be rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The law requires doctors to perform ultrasounds to check for a heartbeat in the fetus, which can typically be detected about six weeks after conception. If one is detected, the abortion can only be performed if the pregnancy was caused by rape or incest or the mother’s life is in danger.Opponents of the ban said many women don’t know they are pregnant by then, especially if they aren’t trying to conceive.
South Carolina has three clinics that provide abortions in its largest metropolitan areas — Charleston, Columbia and Greenville — and none of them perform abortions after the first trimester. Two of them perform abortions only twice a week, according to Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down state laws that prevent abortions before a fetus can live outside the womb.
Old men have no business dictating health of young women. This needs to stop.
I'm gone say this about abortion,a fetus is a human, wait five months & I'll prove U wrong ,& this women rght 2 choose is sort of Vague , because women do choose by having protection or Birth control but 2 fuck & get pregnant & say fuck the child is wrong
Humans. Fighting for “the right” to rip a child, LITERALLY limb by little limb, from the uterus of a woman. Like it’s their “right” to do so. Barbaric.
Should have let those assholes secede. Less hassles
Remember that old white guy who thought you couldn’t get pregnant if you were raped?! And he was a Congressman.
So the father has no say so if the woman gets an abortion correct? so what if the woman wants the baby and the dad doesn't? The dad shouldn't be ordered to pay child support then if he didn't want the child.
Never vote for a Republican again Look at what we were left with after 4 years of their bull crap and Look at Texas.
Check this out
Didn't see that coming
More than 75 scheduled appointments in 3 days...wow....sad
Republicans used Trump's circus to install shills in the judiciary, compromising it, so that these clearly unconditional laws can be express delivered to a 'conservative' Supreme Court.
Not enough. We need the right to control your own body to be enshrined in legislation. And we need it now.
😡😡😡😡
Pathetic! Stop killing babies!!
South Carolina is in the top ten for maternal mortality in the United States.
JSCollinsAP SC needs to know how much money is being spent to defend this law & every similar law of the last 20 years. We also need to know how much Alan Wilson spent on joining the Texas election case. *We* pay for these political gestures & should know.
Reproductive choice is a personal decision best left to a woman and the people she chooses to include in the conversation, such as her doctor, family, spouse/partner, friends, or religious counselors. Every situation is unique and cannot be legislated.
Crackers. Abortions illegal.. priests fucking kids.. ehh not so much.
🔽 looking down on you PPFA
Is it possible to abort a brainless governor with a heartbeat?
Republicans care about unborn babies more than they care for the ones already born. That comes mostly from being hypocritical evangelical zealots
Ban viagra, see how that goes
KeepAbortionSafe KeepAbortionLegal
Good
Going backwards. :(
Good
Yes, the 'right to life' crowd is back out in force, having apparently slept through the whole COVID problem that's killed a half million Americans. But those people had already been born, so it's outside of their range of vision.
Look at the smile on that pc of garbage.
KEEP abortion safe and legal. mybodymychoice IStandWithPlannedParenthood AbortionIsEssential abortionishealthcare
Good. Fuck this bullshit
I always sport a shit eating grin when I’m legislating men’s health.
Only women should make law on what only women can do. Can a woman come out and start a law that limits male masterbation to 2 times a week? Imagine the MALE outrage. PS I'm a guy.
the power of religion in politics.
Damn a lot of people in these comments like baby murdering.
Old white man making rules and laws for something we can't physically or scientifically do. That's the simplest way to put it.
The male agenda is expensive for tax payers.
Bug gov Republicans at it again!
“No food stamps. No healthcare. No education. No abortions. Because Jesus.” - Republicans
This is headed to court, old white men telling women what they ca do with their bodies. Here’s an idea how about those same white men go get themselves clipped.
Abortions should be illegal unless the mothers life is in danger or she was a victim of rape/incest. Basically all other abortions should be considered murder.
Liberals take you to court so they can kill babies. Ghouls
Why is it that conservative men are so obsessed with controlling what women do? I'd be in favor of a law that says only women can make legislation that affects women-only.
Oh, I hope the law gets repealed.
Very welcomed development.... It should never be considered..
Tell those men they can’t have their ED meds for 14 days.
All of these bills are discriminatory since wealthier women just go elsewhere. All these old white men are misogynists.
It needs to be on the books; the lives of these children are at stake.
Unwanted babies become unwanted children, teens and adults. The only thing you’re trying to protect is your ego.
Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are really keeping the United States from falling apart completely tbh
What the fuck is with all these old ass men that have decided they can tell a woman what to do with her body? -.-
Why is he smiling so much? I’ve never seen someone so happy to pass legislation.
Headed to the SCOTUS