Abortion in South Carolina
Overview of the legality and prevalence of abortions in the U.S. state of South Carolina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abortion in South Carolina is legal up to when embryonic cardiac-cell activity can be detected, usually around 6 weeks from the woman's last menstrual period, when many women are not yet aware that they are pregnant.[1] On May 25, 2023, Governor Henry McMaster signed a 6-week ban, and it took effect immediately.[2] The ban was indefinitely blocked in court on May 26,[3] and reinstated by the South Carolina Supreme Court on August 23.[4]
In January 2023, the South Carolina Supreme Court had struck down a similar existing law as violating the state's privacy clause under Article 1, Section 10 of the South Carolina Constitution.[5][6] Passed in 2021, that law had criminalized abortion once embryonic cardiac activity is detectable, which is around five or six weeks after the first day of the woman’s last menstrual period.[7]
The number of abortion clinics in South Carolina has fluctuated over the years, with fifteen in 1982, eighteen in 1992 and three in 2014. There were 5,714 legal abortions in 2014, and 5,778 in 2015.
53% of South Carolina adults said in a poll that they support "a woman’s right to choose to have a safe and legal abortion," while 37% did not support it.[8]