COLUMBIA — At what point in a pregnancy does South Carolina’s so-called “fetal heartbeat” law ban abortions, at six weeks or nine? That’s the question abortion providers are asking a Circuit Court judge to answer, noting it was South Carolina’s Supreme Court who invited the legal query. Until that’s settled, they’re seeking to suspend enforcement […] The post Latest challenge to SC’s abortion law seeks to reset the ban at 9 weeks appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.
A woman who was unable to obtain an abortion after SC s new abortion ban took effect filed a state circuit court suit, asking a judge to roll back restrictions.
The state’s Republican leadership has a new round of legal filings pushing back against abortion providers’ latest lawsuit over the state s abortion prohibition, calling it a flagrant reversal.
In their Sept. 14 filing the providers ask the court to take up the case directly, bypassing lower courts, and rule the ban takes effect at nine weeks of pregnancy