The state Supreme Court this week will hear arguments on a conservative six-week abortion ban for the second time this year. In January, it overturned a legislative abortion ban, saying it was an unconstitutional violation of privacy.
But this time, the court is all-male, sending observers to wonder whether it will OK a renewed ban. The court will hear arguments Tuesday. The central question, observers say, is whether the court set a precedent with its January decision.
“Just as the General Assembly has recycled its six-week ban, (the state’s attorneys) have repurposed the same legal arguments they used in Planned Parenthood 1,” lawyers challenging the ban wrote, saying it continued to be “an unreasonable invasion of the constitutional right to privacy.”
Lawmakers modified the earlier ban this year in the so-called “fetal heartbeat bill” to remove some language that they think will make it constitutional. Until the court decides on the case, abortion in South Carolina is legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
CP OPINION, Brack: Attention, Gov. Haley: Racism still exists
“Bless her heart. Former S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is doubling down on the presidential campaign trail that America isn’t racist. … Did something magically occur sometime between Jim Crow, the civil rights movement (a national effort to allow Blacks to have equal rights 100 years after the Civil War) and when you became the first minority to serve as South Carolina’s governor that made decade after decade of violence, lynchings, fear, racism and violence go “poof” in the wind?”
In other headlines:
CP: Luminaries, public laud opening of new museum. Hundreds of people peacefully gathered Saturday morning in two locations to celebrate the dedication of the International African American Museum. The museum formally opens to guests Tuesday. This story describes how the IAAM reclaims sacred ground for enslaved kin.
CP: Gibbes revamps visiting artist program. When the Gibbes Museum of Art embarked on its $13.5 million renovation in 2016, one of the goals of the project was to re-dedicate spaces to education and community engagement.
Source: Charleston City Paper
CP: MUSC pediatric heart program keeps top national ranking. The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital ranked No. 4 of 50 institutions in the nation on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Children’s Hospitals for Cardiology and Heart Surgery.
Georgia congressman wants to block agency from slowing boats to protect whales. U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, wants to keep a federal agency from slowing boats to protect endangered whales.
Charleston voters to look at $70 million recreation bond referendum, On the ballot for November in Charleston County: Whether voters want to spend $70 million on recreation.
Median home price in S.C. rose slightly in May. The state reported lower residential sales last month.
Source: The Post and Courier
S.C. tourism off to strong first quarter start. A new report said tourism increased 66 percent statewide in the first quarter and 78 percent in Charleston.
Driggers, former North Charleston police chief, passes away. Eddie Driggers, who led the North Charleston Police Department for five years, has passed away.
Samuel crowned new Miss South Carolina. Greenville native Jada Samuel has been crowned the new Miss South Carolina.
Source: WCSC TV
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