SC Supreme Court Tosses Six-Week Abortion Ban

The Charleston Post & Courier reports:

The state Supreme Court has thrown out South Carolina’s law that bans abortions at roughly six weeks into a pregnancy, calling it unconstitutional.

In a 3-2 split decision, justices ruled that privacy rights inserted in the state constitution do extend to a woman’s right to an abortion.

The Legislature has the authority to set limitations on “that utmost personal and private” decision in order to protect “unborn life,” wrote Justice Kaye Hearn, but women must be allowed sufficient time to know they’re pregnant and decide whether to end it.

Read the full article. Photo: Gov. Henry McMaster.

Unconstitutional, unreasonable, and radical. The GOP’s extreme abortion ban is bad for South Carolina and will no longer be law. https://t.co/kHaCcn7kvH

— SC House Democrats (@SCHouseDems) January 5, 2023