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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh announced that helium joined a conjugation of 21 attorneys wide successful filing “amicus little successful Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Wilson, arguing that South Carolina’s “fetal heartbeat” termination regulations harm women’s healthcare and a little court’s ruling blocking the instrumentality should beryllium upheld.”
“South Carolina’s instrumentality hurts women. It volition not halt abortions. It volition marque them much dangerous,” said Attorney General Frosh. “Maryland volition proceed to enactment the close of women to marque their ain healthcare decisions.”
The conjugation argues that the restrictive termination laws harm healthcare nationwide. South Carolina passed the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act earlier this twelvemonth which prohibits abortions astatine the detection of a fetal heartbeat — fundamentally banning termination aft six weeks.
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Planned Parenthood South Atlantic filed suit seeking a impermanent injunction which the national territory tribunal granted pursuing the act.
“South Carolina’s restrictive termination laws volition origin its citizens to question termination attraction successful [neighboring states], perchance straining their healthcare systems.” The conjugation further says, “[g]iven that galore states crossed the state person enacted likewise restrictive oregon much restrictive authorities than South Carolina’s Act…[and] [i]f entree to harmless and lawful abortions were banned successful ample geographic portions of the country, it would make immense “abortion deserts” successful which entree to termination attraction whitethorn beryllium unobtainable for galore radical owed to the obstacles created by the sheer region from lawful termination care.”
CBS Baltimore Staff
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