'A Win for Freedom': South Carolina Supreme Court Permanently Blocks Abortion Ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Planned Parenthood will keep working day by day and state by state to safeguard that right for all people, and we won't stop until everyone can access the essential healthcare they need and deserve." While rights campaigners are determined to safeguard and even expand abortion rights across the United States, federal legislation to do so is highly unlikely during the remainder of President Joe Biden's first term, due to not only Senate Republicans and right-wing Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
49% : "The court's decision means that our patients can continue to come to us, their trusted healthcare providers, to access abortion and other essential health services in South Carolina," said Jenny Black, president and CEO, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.
42% : "Reproductive healthcare, including abortion, is a fundamental right that should never be subject to the whims of power-hungry politicians.
36% : Reproductive rights supporters in South Carolina and across the country celebrated Thursday once the state Supreme Court permanently struck down a law banning abortion after around six weeks, or before many people even know they are pregnant.

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