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6-week abortion ban takes effect with ruling from SC’s all-male Supreme Court

By Seanna Adcox

The Post And Courier

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban took immediate effect with the state Supreme Court’s Aug. 23 ruling upholding the so-called “fetal heartbeat” law, sending dozens of women home from canceled appointments and leaving North Carolina as their closest option for ending a first-trimester pregnancy.

A new all-male high court declared the law constitutional just eight months after tossing the last one.

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