BREAKING: SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT ALLOWS SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN TO GO INTO EFFECT
Today, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state's newly enacted ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy.
Federal Court Blocks Provision in S.B. 20 as North Carolina Abortion Providers Prepare for Ban to Go Into Effect
Governor Cooper Approves Amendments to North Carolina Abortion Ban
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Marks One Year Post-Roe
Today marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which allowed state lawmakers to ban abortion and stripped tens of millions of people of the right to make their own personal medical decisions. Twenty states have banned or eliminated all or some access to abortion, including states within Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’s service area. Today, 1 in 3 women — and more transgender and non-binary people — live in a state without access to abortion.
N.C. Lawmakers Advance Multiple Bills Banning Gender-Affirming Health Care
Today, the North Carolina legislature advanced two bills that ban or severely restrict gender-affirming care for anyone under 18, including hormone therapy. Senate Bill 631 bans the provision of gender-affirming care for minors by public health care facilities, their affiliates, or any providers who contract with public health care facilities. In a similar move, House Bill 808 was amended today to prevent health care providers from providing gender-affirming health care, including gender-affirming hormone therapy, to anyone under the age of 18, with very limited exceptions.
North Carolina Health Care Providers Challenge Abortion Restrictions in Senate Bill 20
North Carolina health care providers filed a lawsuit today challenging several provisions in Senate Bill 20, a sweeping law that severely restricts access to abortion from the earliest stages of pregnancy and bans care after 12 weeks in nearly all circumstances. The case comes one month after the North Carolina General Assembly rushed S.B. 20 through both chambers and overrode a veto from Gov. Roy Cooper to put it into law. The law — which was drafted and passed without any opportunity to amend — is scheduled to take effect on July 1.
BREAKING: Court Temporarily Blocks South Carolina Abortion Ban
Today, a South Carolina state court granted abortion providers’ request to temporarily block a newly-enacted ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (Senate Bill 474). The ban took immediate effect on May 25, after being signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster. S. 474 is nearly identical to a six-week ban permanently struck down by the South Carolina Supreme Court in January.
South Carolina Abortion Providers File New State Court Challenge to Six-Week Abortion Ban
Today, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physician-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in state court seeking to block Senate Bill 474, South Carolina’s newly-enacted ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy. Today’s challenge comes just over four months after the South Carolina Supreme Court permanently struck down a nearly identical law, ruling that it violated the state constitution.
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