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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

South Carolina enacts six-week abortion ban, threatening access across entire South

REUTERS

The state of South Carolina has outlawed abortion at roughly six weeks of pregnancy, extending the sweeping restrictions and outright bans on abortion care across the entire US South, and threatening legal access to care for millions of Americans.

Republican Governor Henry McMaster signed legislation into law on 25 May after the bill’s final passage earlier this week. It goes into effect immediately.

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