FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Center-South Carolina’s new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban

2025-05-06 22:52:36source:blockwave Exchangecategory:Markets

COLUMBIA,FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Center S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court reversed course on abortion on Wednesday, upholding a ban on most such procedures after just weeks of pregnancy.

The 4-1 ruling departs from the court’s own decision earlier this year to strike down a similar law.

The continued erosion of legal abortion access across the U.S. South comes after Republican state lawmakers replaced the lone female on the court, Justice Kaye Hearn.

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