Judge Blocks South Carolina’s Heartbeat Abortion Ban for Now

A justice connected Friday temporarily blocked an termination prohibition successful South Carolina, pending a reappraisal by the state’s Supreme Court. The determination by Judge Clifton Newman comes conscionable a time aft Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, signed the measurement into law, which came into effect immediately. The law, S. 474 oregon the “Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act,” banned astir abortions aft a heartbeat is detected,...