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Join on Telegram Casablanca – After the US Supreme Court abolished Roe v. Wade’s 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion, South Carolina lawmakers were the first to propose more stringent restrictions.
The discussion of a new abortion law began on Thursday, July 7 with a meeting of a 14-member House committee headed by Republicans. However, a proposal submitted in the House has purposefully remained vague, consisting of only a few lines of text.
The state had previously resolved to make abortion illegal beyond around six weeks of pregnancy. However, its legislature, now authorized to contemplate even stricter limits, has provided the first example of a state modifying its laws in a post-Roe America.
In anticipation of the Supreme Court ruling, many conservative states enacted strict abortion restrictions, including outright bans.
However, more states are considering abortion prohibitions at conception and restrictions on out-of-state abortions and access to abortion medicines.
Special legislative sessions to restrict abortion are anticipated in Nebraska and Indiana, according to The New York Times.
Meanwhile in Kansas, in which abortion is legal for up to 22 weeks of pregnancy, voters will go to the polls next month to determine whether to change the State Constitution to mandate that abortion is not a right, the same source adds.
South California’s recent ruling had a similar effect as the Roe v. Wade decision, which triggered a frenzy of judicial and legislative action across the US.
A number of anti-abortion organizations have called for a nationwide ban, with the movement’s most radical members wanting to criminalize abortion and jail women who have undergone the procedure.
These abortion rights organizations are litigating to prevent existing state prohibitions from being implemented and are working to enhance state laws that protect abortion rights.
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