The South Carolina Supreme Court blocked the state's six-week abortion ban on Wednesday.
The court's ruling grants providers an emergency motion for a temporary injunction, meaning the ban, which has been in effect since June 27, is paused while the debate over the ban's constitutionality continues.
Genevieve Scott, senior counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, echoed Black in a statement, saying those who need reproductive care in South Carolina have been granted a temporary reprieve. Prior to June 27, the six-week ban had been blocked since 2021, when Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act. Once Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, the Supreme Court no longer had reasoning to block the bill, the Washington Examiner previously reported.
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