The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the law is unconstitutional because it violates the state constitution’s privacy protections.
that the state’s fetal heartbeat law is unconstitutional because it violates the state constitution’s privacy protections.
“The State unquestionably has the authority to limit the right of privacy that protects women from state interference with her decision, but any such limitation must be reasonable and it must be meaningful in that the time frames imposed must afford a woman sufficient time to determine she is pregnant and to take reasonable steps to terminate that pregnancy,” Hearn wrote.
“Abortion presents an important moral and policy issue. The citizens, through their duly elected representatives, have spoken. The South Carolina legislature, not this court, should determine matters of policy,” he added.State v. Steadman
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