'Less than 24 hours after the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, abortions dropped by 70%' at a local Planned Parenthood,' Holly Gatling of the South Carolina Citizens for Life office said.
The decision concludes a special session called by the governor after the Iowa Supreme Court maintained a block of the law, which has been stalled in court since 2019.
‘The Declaration of Independence promises three inalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--and we stand for all of them,’ DeSantis’ office said in a statement shared with LifeSiteNews.
Governor McMaster has condemned the anti-life decision as an overreach of the state Supreme Court’s authority, and has pledged to work to help 'correct this error.'