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Nearly two-thirds of South Carolina voters want abortion to be legal and accessible in their state. Nearly 70% believe the decision to have an abortion should be left to a woman and her doctor — not state lawmakers — and 60% oppose charging a doctor who provides abortion with a felony (Planned Parenthood Public Policy Polling, 2022).
"Young women need to know that abortion rights and abortion access are not presents bestowed or retracted by powerful men (or women)—Presidents, Supreme Court justices, legislators—but freedoms won, as freedom always is, by people struggling on their own behalf." ~Katha Pollitt
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Only 12% of U.S. women believe abortion should be illegal under all circumstances (Gallup, 2024).
Tragedy in States With Active Bans
Tragedy in States With Active Bans
Nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states, most of which had no exceptions that allowed for terminations of pregnancies that occurred as a result of rape (Dickman et al., 2024).
Action Needed!
Action Needed!
Black women in South Carolina are disproportionately represented in rape statistics. They make up 33% of rape victims, but only represent 27% of the overall population (SCWREN, 2021).
"The overturning of Roe v. Wade sets a dangerous precedent for the erasure of an individual’s right to bodily autonomy as well as the right to exercise freedom of choice in accessing health care services" (National Association of Social Workers, 2021).
"Disparities in abortion rates also exist by socioeconomic status (SES), with women with incomes less than 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL) having an abortion rate of 52 abortions per 1000 reproductive-age women, compared with a rate of 9 per 1000 among those with incomes greater than 200% FPL" (Dehlendorf et al., 2013).
"In 2022, women in their 20's accounted for more than half of abortions (56.5%)" (Ramer et al., 2024).
"In 2022, women in their 20's accounted for more than half of abortions (56.5%)" (Ramer et al., 2024).
"Maternal mortality is unacceptably high. About 287,000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth in 2020. Almost 95% of all maternal deaths occurred in low and lower middle-income countries in 2020, and most could have been prevented" (World Health Organization, 2024).
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