A judge halts South Carolina's new abortion law pending state Supreme Court review

npr.org/2023/05/26/1178522334/a-judge-halts-south-carolinas-new-abortion-law-pending-state-supreme-court-revie

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A judge put South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold Friday until the state Supreme Court can review the measure, giving providers a temporary reprieve in a region that has enacted strict limits on the procedure.
Judge Clifton Newman's ruling that put the state's abortion law back at roughly 20 weeks came about 24…

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