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Abortion pills are gaining ground as a method for ending pregnancies, and opponents are responding
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (963+ words) A survey released Tuesday helps explain the emphasis. It suggests that more women in states with bans obtained abortions last year using the pills prescribed via telehealth than by traveling to places where it's legal. Most of the states with…...
Conservative groups push for total abortion ban as legislative session begins, Planned Parenthood responds
2+ mon, 1+ week 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
5+ mon, 3+ 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
11+ mon, 3+ 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
11+ mon, 3+ 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…...