Judge blocks S Carolina ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban, but backers look to Supreme Court catholicnewsagency.com

A federal judge has temporarily blocked South Carolina’s heartbeat-based abortion ban just days after its passage, in response to court filings from Planned Parenthood. However, the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office has argued that Planned Parenthood can’t be sure the U.S. Supreme Court will reject the law.

Lawyers for Planned Parenthood said the state is “openly flouting” federal precedent allowing abortion.

In court papers filed Feb. 19, the state attorney general’s office cited the three justices appointed to the Supreme Court under President Donald Trump as reason to believe the court could overturn Roe v. Wade and other precedents mandating legal abortion nationwide…

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