South Carolina Passes Extreme Abortion Ban, Wiping Out Access Across the South

South Carolina Passes Extreme Abortion Ban, Wiping Out Access Across the South South Carolina was one of the last states in the South that allowed abortion. Demonstrators and lawmakers gather with signs and placards in the lobby of the South Carolina statehouse to oppose the 6-week abortion ban, May 16. The South Carolina Senate passed a bill Tuesday banning abortion at six weeks, before many people even know they are pregnant, and wiping out abortion access in the final southeastern state. A similar ban died in the legislature in late...