Attempt to block South Carolina's 6-week abortion law to be heard in court: Tuesday, July 26.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physicians have filed suit against the state of South Carolina, Attorney General Alan Wilson and others who would impose the six-week abortion ban that comes in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Rove vs. Wade.The new six-week abortion ban prohibits abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat and carries felony criminal penalties and civil liability for those performing an abortion. The lawsuit also states “In particular, the Act is an attack on families with low incomes, South Carolinians of color, and rural South Carolinians, who already face inequities in access to medical care and who will bear the brunt of the law’s cruelties. South Carolinians face a critical shortage of reproductive health care providers, including obstetrician-gynecologists, and the rate at which South Carolinians, particularly Black South Carolinians, die from pregnancy-related causes is shockingly high.” In response to this lawsuit, SC Attorney General Alan Wilson counters the state's Constitution's Section 10 dealing with privacy issues -- and adopted in 1971 -- dealt with protecting citizens from improper surveillance of electronic devices and computer data banks. He said, ""The committee simply did not intend or understand the provision to extend any further. It certainly did not intend to confer a state constitutional right to abortion." READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/restraining-order-sought-for-south-carolinas-6-week-abortion-ban-richland-county-court-planned-parenthood/101-f04fd3d6-2056-4560-a6b1-5f56882e88e9 A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools spokesperson confirms that the school district has approved the clear backpack sale last Friday for $85,000. It's about a fifth of what the district spent to buy the bags, close to half a million dollars. A spokesperson for CMS told WCNC that the decision to accept the bid was a "cabinet-level decision." District leaders opted to put the approximately 46,000 backpacks up for auction after it was discovered they came with a Proposition 65 cancer warning from the state of California. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/cms-clear-backpacks-bid-auction-sale/275-fd8549d0-5b4d-4537-88c4-f23257b0cd61 Plus, there is an election Tuesday in places including the cities of Charlotte, Hickory, Statesville and Mooresville. Voters will decide who holds political offices including the mayor and other city officials. FULL ELECTION GUIDE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/north-carolina-politics/what-you-need-to-know-election-day-tuesday-july-26-charlotte-hickory-statesville-mooresville/275-19a27265-e180-4a8c-89a3-61c4acb16150 Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!
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Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physicians have filed suit against the state of South Carolina, Attorney General Alan Wilson and others who would impose the six-week abortion ban that comes in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Rove vs. Wade.The new six-week abortion ban prohibits abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat and carries felony criminal penalties and civil liability for those performing an abortion.
The lawsuit also states “In particular, the Act is an attack on families with low incomes, South Carolinians of color, and rural South Carolinians, who already face inequities in access to medical care and who will bear the brunt of the law’s cruelties. South Carolinians face a critical shortage of reproductive health care providers, including obstetrician-gynecologists, and the rate at which South Carolinians, particularly Black South Carolinians, die from pregnancy-related causes is shockingly high.”
In response to this lawsuit, SC Attorney General Alan Wilson counters the state's Constitution's Section 10 dealing with privacy issues -- and adopted in 1971 -- dealt with protecting citizens from improper surveillance of electronic devices and computer data banks. He said, ""The committee simply did not intend or understand the provision to extend any further. It certainly did not intend to confer a state constitutional right to abortion."
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/restraining-order-sought-for-south-carolinas-6-week-abortion-ban-richland-county-court-planned-parenthood/101-f04fd3d6-2056-4560-a6b1-5f56882e88e9
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools spokesperson confirms that the school district has approved the clear backpack sale last Friday for $85,000.
It's about a fifth of what the district spent to buy the bags, close to half a million dollars.
A spokesperson for CMS told WCNC that the decision to accept the bid was a "cabinet-level decision."
District leaders opted to put the approximately 46,000 backpacks up for auction after it was discovered they came with a Proposition 65 cancer warning from the state of California.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/cms-clear-backpacks-bid-auction-sale/275-fd8549d0-5b4d-4537-88c4-f23257b0cd61
Plus, there is an election Tuesday in places including the cities of Charlotte, Hickory, Statesville and Mooresville. Voters will decide who holds political offices including the mayor and other city officials. FULL ELECTION GUIDE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/north-carolina-politics/what-you-need-to-know-election-day-tuesday-july-26-charlotte-hickory-statesville-mooresville/275-19a27265-e180-4a8c-89a3-61c4acb16150
Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!