South Carolina’s men-only Supreme Court violates 52-year-old state amendment in upholding extreme abortion ban

by jovan1984

Columbia — The men-only South Carolina Supreme Court this morning violated a 52-year-old state constitutional amendment in upholding an extreme abortion ban.

In their zeal to uphold an identical extreme abortion ban to that the court ruled unlawful at the start of the year, they also ruled that the right to privacy, which was added to the state’s constitution in 1971 after voters approved the ballot measure in the 1970 national gubernatorial elections, no longer exists in South Carolina.

The majority opinion, written by John Kittredge, acknowledged that the 2023 law infringes on “a woman’s right of privacy and bodily autonomy,” but said the state legislature determined that those interests don’t outweigh “the interest of the unborn child to live.”

“As a Court, unless we can say that the balance struck by the legislature was unreasonable as a matter of law, we must uphold the Act,” Kittredge wrote.

Kaye Hearn, who was replaced by Gary Hill in a politically motivated move by the state Senate (which confirms the judges they themselves handpick), was the third vote to uphold the state’s constitution five days into 2023.

Now, this ruling to essentially repeal the aforementioned 1971 amendment via judicial fiat was 4-1.

What that means is that radical misogynist hypocrite Alan Wilson, plus the 14 state solicitors, are now free to spy on women inside their own bedrooms without any legal consequences.

Solicitors are South Carolina’s version of district attorneys.

The ruling means that abortions are banned except in cases of rape and incest – and all cases of rape and/or incest must be reported to the sheriff’s office. There is no exception for the life of the pregnant person under the 2023 law.

Also, a big thank you to WJBF NewsChannel 6, WLTX News 19, the Associated Press and Huffington Post for adding the fact that this radical Court is all-men. Four men just eliminated the right to medical freedom for all South Carolina women and those same four men also eliminated the right to privacy for everyone in the Palmetto State.

As soon as we get a statement from Vicki Ringer or other abortion rights activists, we will update this post.