State Supreme Court to hear 6-week abortion ban

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Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–South Carolina’s 6-week ban on abortions, also known as the “Heartbeat Law” has a date in court.

Officials with Planned Parenthood say the South Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday October 19th in the case against South Carolina’s ban on abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

The law initially went into effect after the US Supreme Court struck down Roe vs. Wade, however lawsuits by Planned Parenthood have put the law on hold pending the state supreme court’s decision.

The lawsuit asserts that the ban “violates South Carolinians’ state constitutional rights to privacy and equal protection by banning abortion, by providing inadequate protections for patients’ health, and by conditioning sexual assault survivors’ access to abortion on the disclosure of their personal information to law enforcement.”

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