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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
James Pollard

Planned Parenthood sues to expand abortion access in South Carolina under strict new ban

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Abortion providers are trying to lengthen the narrow window when they can legally terminate a pregnancy under a strict new ban in South Carolina.

The conservative state's all-male Supreme Court last month upheld a so-called “fetal heartbeat” law commonly understood to restrict access after about six weeks of pregnancy, which is before most women know they're pregnant.

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