South Carolina High Court Rules Right to Abortion Constitutionally Protected
South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the state's constitutional right to privacy also includes the right to abortion.
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The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state’s constitutional privacy protections also apply to abortion, Kate Zernike reports for the New York Times. “The decision to terminate a pregnancy rests upon the utmost personal and private considerations imaginable,” the court ruled. The decision will overturn the state’s heartbeat law banning abortions after roughly the sixth week of pregnancy.
The decision comes after abortion rights groups filed suits in 19 states to establish a right to abortion under state constitutions. National Right to Life Committee president Carol Tobias said she is surprised and disappointed at the ruling because she believes the privacy protections in the South Carolina Constitution were not designed to protect abortion access.
