South Carolina's 6-Week Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The South Carolina ruling guarantees that abortion will remain legal in the state up until about 22 weeks of pregnancy, putting the state in line with neighboring North Carolina and making it one of the few states in the South with access to abortion into the second trimester.
45% : But a ruling by Idaho's Supreme Court later in the day upholding three state laws restricting abortion highlighted divisions in the judiciary about whether state constitutions include protections for abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision.
42% : The dissenting justices said there is no historical basis for finding that the right to privacy in the state's constitution includes abortion.
41% : In Idaho, a majority of justices on the state Supreme Court upheld three separate laws, including one that bans abortion throughout pregnancy.
40% : Writing for the majority, Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan said there is no evidence that a constitutional right to abortion was rooted in the state's history.
39% : Idaho's Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that there are no protections for abortion in the state constitution.

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