South Carolina now has a 6-week abortion law.

[RoryN]

This should be interesting to watch...

 

[Rotadom]

Aren't there any biology students at Gamecock U?

 

[Rainblow]

The South Carolina Supreme Court has thrown out a state law banning abortion after cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks of pregnancy.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...reme-court-6-week-abortion-ban-privacy-rights

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday signed a bill into law that will limit most abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/politics/south-carolina-abortion-ban-bill/index.html

So which is it? Ban or no ban?
Not being deliberately obtuse just a little puzzled by the conflicting news stories.

 

[Pad_Foot]

Just wait til the first Jewish woman’s life is threatened by a pregnancy

Constitutional fireworks!! The most sacred US right!! Antisemitism vs the Christian Right to tell us all what to do
Judeo-Christian country? We shall see
Thank God my daughter is not in those red state holes

 

[RoryN]

Meanwhile, Japan says they'll have 100% lab-grown babies in 5 years. So.....

 

[Dribble]

Just like the drug trade...and illegal immigrants getting work...abortions will always be available in all states. Just do your research first

 

[Pad_Foot]

So? The morning after pill is ok!??

 

[YDB95]

So? The morning after pill is ok!??

For the moment. Anyone who thinks the crazy right won't go after that too is just kidding themselves.

 

[adrina]

For the moment. Anyone who thinks the crazy right won't go after that too is just kidding themselves.

There are some who have had it in their sights for some time now. Basically since it was approved and put out on the market.

 

[RandyRebecca]

This is now the current abortion situation legally in the US (as of May 26, 2023):

States (+ DC) that allow abortion at any stage of pregnancy
Alaska
Colorado
District of Columbia
New Jersey
New Mexico
Oregon
Vermont

States that allow abortion up to the end of the second trimester of pregnancy (27-28 weeks)
Massachusetts
Virginia

States that allow abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy
Nevada
New Hampshire
New York State
Pennsylvania

States that allow abortion up to the fetal viability stage of pregnancy (23-24 weeks)
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawaii
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana (an attempt to reduce to 20 weeks currently blocked by legal injunction)
Rhode Island
Washington State
Wyoming (an attempt to illegalize abortion currently blocked by legal injunction)

States that allow abortion up to 22 weeks of pregnancy
Indiana (an attempt to illegalize abortion currently blocked by legal injunction)
Iowa (an attempt to reduce to 6 weeks currently blocked by legal injunction)
Kansas
Ohio (an attempt to reduce to 6 weeks currently blocked by legal injunction)
South Carolina (a law to reduce to 6 weeks overturned after one day on May 26, 2023, and currently blocked by legal injunction)

States that allow abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy
North Carolina (will be reduced to 6 weeks from July 1, 2023)

States that allow abortion up to 18 weeks of pregnancy
Utah (an attempt to illegalize abortion currently blocked by legal injunction)

States that allow abortion up to 15 weeks of pregnancy
Arizona (an attempt to illegalize abortion currently blocked by legal injunction)
Florida (6 weeks signed into law by the governor, currently blocked by trigger provision, will take effect if Florida supreme court rules in favor of 15 weeks limit)

States that allow abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy
Nebraska
North Carolina (from July 1, 2023)

States that allow abortion up to the stage of pregnancy before cardiac-cell activity (6 weeks)
Georgia

States where abortion is illegal
Alabama
Arkansas
Idaho
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia

States where abortion is technically legal, but no providers
Wisconsin

 

[ll74]

So? The morning after pill is ok!??

It's the new after date-rape drug of choice

 

[RandyRebecca]

Just like the drug trade...and illegal immigrants getting work...abortions will always be available in all states. Just do your research first

Back ally illegal abortions, you mean? Some women will die from them. The rich or middle class will be able to afford to travel to a state where abortion is legal, but the poor in somewhere like Louisiana (where there's no legal abortion for loads of miles) will be doomed. And then there's what they are doing in Idaho, in trying to criminalize travel for abortion, or anyone "assisting them".

 

[RandyRebecca]

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/26/politics/south-carolina-abortion-law/index.html

A state judge in South Carolina has temporarily blocked the 6-week abortion ban, so back to 22 weeks in South Carolina for now.

 

[Dribble]

In Indiana...they just disciplined the doctor that suggested to a 10 yr old rape victim to get an abortion...because Republicans support the rape of 10 year olds. You know...it is God's blessing

 

[butters]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...p&cvid=1a8e8af14ce14075981a083ef235dc13&ei=12

A South Carolina judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state's new law that bans most abortions after about six weeks, ruling that it should be considered by the state Supreme Court before taking effect.

State Circuit Judge Clifton Newman granted reproductive rights groups' motion to block the legislation, which Republican Governor Henry McMaster signed into law on Thursday. The judge's ruling allows a previous law permitting abortions up to around 22 weeks to stay in effect until the state's highest court has reviewed the new ban, according to local media reports.