A South Carolina judge on Friday moved to pause the state’s six-week abortion ban until it can be reviewed by the state Supreme Court.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and a South Carolina clinic immediately filed a lawsuit to block the ban once it became law.
Friday’s injunction means abortion access in South Carolina reverts back to being legal up to about 20 weeks after fertilization. “The status quo should be maintained until the Supreme Court reviews its decision,” Newman said, according to the“While we have a long fight ahead, we will not stop until our patients are again free to make their own decisions about their bodies and futures,” Jenny Black, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, said in a statement.
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