Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge on Friday put a temporary halt to South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy until the state Supreme Court can review the measure. The ruling by Judge Clifton Newman came just about 24 hours after Gov. Henry McMaster signed the bill. The decision means South Carolina reverts back to a ban at about 20 weeks after fertilization. The law passed Tuesday by the General Assembly is similar to...