South Carolina’s Six-Week Abortion Limit Struck Down (1)

Abortion up until 20 weeks will remain legal in South Carolina, after the state’s top court held that a law banning most abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy violates its constitution.

The decision follows a lively oral argument in the South Carolina Supreme Court, where all the justices agreed that the state’s governing document strongly protects its citizens’ right to privacy, but some weren’t sure if abortion falls within that right.

In the end, a majority concluded that the state can’t prohibit abortions at this early stage.

The Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act “violates a woman’s constitutional ...