Judge Blocks South Carolina Six-Week Abortion Ban

Decision sets up battle over new law that is poised to go to state’s highest court

The ruling on Friday by Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman isn’t expected to be the final word on South Carolina’s abortion law. Photo: Joshua Boucher/Zuma Press

A South Carolina judge on Friday blocked a newly enacted law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, the first salvo in a legal battle that is expected to make its way up to the state’s highest court. 

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