South Carolina enacts six-week abortion ban.

South Carolina has passed a bill that would ban nearly all abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy, before most women know they are pregnant. The bill is expected to be signed into law by the state's Republican governor, Henry McMaster, but it will now face legal challenges. The majority of southern US states have curtailed abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion last year. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic has said it will file a request for a temporary restraining order after the bill is signed by Mr McMaster.