Judge Blocks South Carolina’s Heartbeat Abortion Ban for Now

Fetus dolls are seen in a basket at the pro-life Carolina Pregnancy Center, speaks on the phone at her facility in Spartanburg, S.C., on Sept. 19, 2016. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

A judge on Friday temporarily blocked an abortion ban in South Carolina, pending a review by the state’s Supreme Court.

The move by Judge Clifton Newman comes just a day after Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, signed the measure into law, which came into effect immediately.