South Carolina's 6-week abortion ban temporarily blocked by judge.

A judge has halted South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy until the state Supreme Court can review the measure. The ruling came after Governor Henry McMaster signed the bill into law without any notice, leaving dozens of people seeking abortions in limbo. The South Carolina measure joins stiff limitations pending in North Carolina and Florida, threatening to further delay abortions as appointments pile up in the region. The state has seen the number of abortions climb sharply as other Southern states passed near-total bans.