A South Carolina plan to punish abortion aid sites is going nowhere

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump Holds Rally In Florence, SC
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South Carolina Republican politicians distanced themselves from a widely criticized plan to outlaw offering abortion guidance online — a proposal that raised fears about internet censorship after the end of Roe v. Wade.

Lawmakers introduced the proposed abortion ban in June, basing it on model legislation from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC). Among other provisions, the proposal would have banned “hosting or maintaining an internet website, providing access to an internet website, or providing an internet service” that told people from the state how to obtain an abortion. Groups like the Knight First Amendment Institute argued that the model legislation raised serious First Amendment questions, and its introduction in South...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/31/23327122/south-carolina-rejects-nrlc-model-legislation-abortion-law-internet-ban-speech

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