![]() The South Carolina House once again passed a ban on abortion at six weeks, before many know they are pregnant, setting up a clash in the state Senate, where five female lawmakers had previously mounted a successful filibuster (the state Supreme Court had struck down a virtually identical law last year, but since the court’s composition changed, Republicans are betting that the new court will reverse course). In North Carolina, Republicans recently overrode a veto by the state’s Democratic governor to pass a law that banned elective abortion at 12 weeks, prohibited medication abortion after 10 weeks and introduced a tough new waiting period that will make it harder for people traveling out of state to seek the procedure. ![]() It seems that there won’t be exceptions to the rule for much longer. After the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down that state’s abortion law in January, that state also saw a sharp increase in abortions, with roughly half of patients coming from out of state. ![]() ![]() North Carolina, another receiving state, had seen a nearly 40% increase. Mary Ziegler Bill Lax/Bill Lax/FSU Photography Serviceįlorida saw the single greatest increase - reportedly 1,200 patients a month - after Dobbs. ![]()
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