Governor Henry McMaster announced that he and other defendants appealed the federal district court’s preliminary injunction of the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat Act to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
A judge wrote Friday that a lawsuit challenging a new South Carolina ban on most abortions is “likely to succeed.” The judge overseeing a legal challenge to the suit also ordered that abortions may continue for the duration of the lawsuit.
A new South Carolina law banning abortions will stay on hold following a judge’s order to extend a temporary restraining order.
One day after the Fetal Heartbeat Bill was signed into law, a judge in federal court ordered that the law be suspended amid a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson released the following statement in reaction to the judge’s ruling.
South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions has been suspended by a federal judge on its second day in effect.
Shortly after Governor Henry McMaster signed the Fetal Heartbeat Bill into law, Planned Parenthood announced that they would be joining the Center for Reproductive Rights in suing to stop the bill that bans most abortions.
In a ceremony at the Statehouse Thursday afternoon, Governor Henry McMaster signed the Fetal Heartbeat Bill into law. Senate Democrats released the following statement in reaction to the signing of a bill that bans most abortions in the state.
South Carolina’s governor has signed a bill banning most abortions into law. Gov. Henry McMaster placed his seal of approval on the measure during a statehouse ceremony Thursday afternoon.
A bill banning most abortions in South Carolina is heading to Republican Gov. Henry McMaster’s desk. He’s promised to sign it into law as soon as he can, which is expected to be Thursday.
On Wednesday afternoon, South Carolina House Republicans voted advance the Fetal Heartbeat Bill to a third reading.
