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Conservative groups push for total abortion ban as legislative session begins, Planned Parenthood responds
6+ hour, 24+ min ago (344+ words) COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) " Starting today, South Carolina legislators are back in session " and the debate over hot topics is already underway. In a press conference Tuesday morning, leaders with the SC Family Caucus laid out their priorities for this session…...
Unborn Child Protection Act faces backlash from pro-life groups ahead of key testimony
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (302+ words) (WCIV) "In an unprecedented move, two pro-life organizations have announced their opposition to the Unborn Child Protection Act Wednesday, just hours before the State Medical Affairs Subcommittee is set to hear public testimony on the bill. The Unborn Child Protection…...
Can SC bar Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding? U.S. Supreme Court will decide
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (499+ words) Governor McMaster spoke in D.C. after the Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday, saying," "The right to life is the most precious of all. It is the object of every law passed in our country and our principles of why we are…...
Supreme Court weighs whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (794+ words) There are just two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina, but every year they take hundreds of low-income patients who need things like contraception, cancer screenings and pregnancy testing. The organization has long been at the center of the debate…...
Left out of the budget: What Gov. McMaster's Exec. Budget means for Planned Parenthood
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (347+ words) (WCIV) "According to Governor Henry McMaster's Executive Budget, "for the eighth year in a row, the Executive Budget includes a proviso preventing taxpayer dollars from going to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood." McMaster claims that taxpayers dollars should not go…...