The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked the state’s six-week abortion ban from being enforced, granting a request from state abortion providers for a temporary injunction while their challenge to the law continues.
South Carolina’s law, S.1, had been in effect since June 27, when a judge lifted a federal court’s hold on the ban the week after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and Greenville Women’s Clinic, as well as two individual providers, filed their lawsuit on July 13, alleging that the six-week prohibition on the procedure violates several clauses of South Carolina’s constitution. A circuit
This story was originally published on CNN.com. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/politics/south-carolina-abortion-ban-temporarily-blocked/index.html.