#SouthCarolina Senate passes #6week #AbortionBan, sends bill to governor who is expected to sign it

The #SC Senate on Tues voted to ban abortion at roughly six-weeks’ gestation after ending a filibuster by the chamber’s five female senators, who had become the bill’s most outspoken opponents.

#AbortionRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/23/south-carolina-six-week-abortion-ban-vote/

South Carolina Senate passes 6-week abortion ban, sends bill to governor

An earlier effort to tightly restrict abortions in South Carolina was deemed unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court.

The Washington Post
Florida Legislature Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban

The prohibition would be among the most restrictive in the country, and Florida would no longer be a destination for women from across the Deep South seeking the procedure.

The New York Times