South Carolina’s 6-Week Abortion Ban , Is Struck Down.
CNN reports that on Jan. 5, the state's Supreme Court ruled that South Carolina's six-week abortion ban was unconstitutional.
In the lead opinion, Justice Kaye Hearn wrote that the “state constitutional right to privacy extends
to a woman’s decision to have an abortion.”.
... any such limitation must be reasonable and it must be meaningful in that the time frames imposed must afford a woman sufficient time to determine she is pregnant and to take reasonable steps to terminate that pregnancy, Justice Kaye Hearn, via lead opinion.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice John Kittredge wrote that he "would honor the policy decision made by the General Assembly.".
Abortion presents an important moral and policy issue. The citizens, through their duly elected representatives, have spoken. The South Carolina legislature, not this court, should determine matters of policy, Justice John Kittredge, via dissenting opinion.
Abortion presents an important moral and policy issue. The citizens, through their duly elected representatives, have spoken. The South Carolina legislature, not this court, should determine matters of policy, Justice John Kittredge, via dissenting opinion.
Republican Gov. Henry McMaster
condemned the ruling.
With this opinion, the court has clearly exceeded its authority. The people have spoken through their elected representatives multiple times on this issue. I look forward to working with the General Assembly
to correct this error, Gov. Henry McMaster, via statement.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
took to Twitter to applaud the decision.
The lawsuit alleging the abortion ban's unconstitutional nature was filed by Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
and Greenville Women's Clinic last July
