Court temporarily blocks South Carolina's six-week abortion ban

• The six-week ban had been blocked since March 2021. However, following the fall of Roe, a federal district court lifted the injunction of the law, allowing for it to become active on June 27.

Details: The ban — which has exceptions in cases of "medical emergency" — makes abortions illegal in the state when cardiac activity is detected, usually as soon as six weeks and well before many people know they are pregnant.

• An abortion provider who violates the law could face a fine of $10,000 and two-year imprisonment.

What they're saying: "We applaud the court’s decision to protect the people of South Carolina from this cruel law that interferes with a person’s private medical decision," said Jenny Black, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, one of the plaintiffs in the case.

• "For more than six weeks, patients have been forced to travel hundreds of miles for an abortion or suffer the life-altering consequences of forced pregnancy. Today the court has granted our patients a welcome reprieve," Black added.