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South Carolina Supreme Court, on heels of abortion ruling, now all male for the 1st time in 35 years
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sc-supreme-court-heels-abortion-183746132.htmlSouth Carolina Judge Gary Hill will become the state Supreme Court’s next justice, marking the first time in more than three decades the high court will not have a female justice on the bench.
Hill’s election, reached after a 140-8 vote by both the state House and Senate on Wednesday, comes as the Republican-controlled General Assembly tries to pass yet another abortion ban after unsuccessfully trying in a special session last year.
The state Supreme Court, which struck down the state’s fetal heartbeat law in January, said Wednesday it would not rehear the case.
Hill, of Greenville, succeeds Justice Kaye Hearn, who retired this year after she reached the state-mandated retirement age of 72.
Hearn was the only woman on the bench and the second woman ever to sit on the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Hill’s election, reached after a 140-8 vote by both the state House and Senate on Wednesday, comes as the Republican-controlled General Assembly tries to pass yet another abortion ban after unsuccessfully trying in a special session last year.
The state Supreme Court, which struck down the state’s fetal heartbeat law in January, said Wednesday it would not rehear the case.
Hill, of Greenville, succeeds Justice Kaye Hearn, who retired this year after she reached the state-mandated retirement age of 72.
Hearn was the only woman on the bench and the second woman ever to sit on the South Carolina Supreme Court.