South Carolina’s Six-Week Abortion Law Invalid, Lawsuit Says (1)

Two abortion provides sued South Carolina in state court seeking a declaration that a law banning abortions after about six weeks violates the state’s constitution.

This is the latest in a series of lawsuits that have been filed to stop abortion restrictions under state constitutions after the US Supreme Court declared on June 24 that there’s no federal constitutional right to abortion. Providers have won temporary orders blocking the laws in several states, including Louisiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two doctors sued Wednesday in the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas for the ...