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  The Kansas referendum and the disastrous (relative to expectations) midterm elections may well have the GOP rethinking their more extreme anti-abortion stances.  
  Many are probably secretly relieved that they are being blocked by a court, so they can tell their base "well we would do all those things we said we would do, but those darn judges and their blathering about rights, you know..."
context: While this is equally amazing and surprising news (especially as a South Carolinian), the lead opinion was written by Justice Hearn who is stepping down next month. She has reached mandatory retirement age. 
  The SC legislature will choose her replacement. If they select an anti-abortion Justice, this decision might be reversed. 
  Fingers crossed SC doesn’t do what I have come to expect SC to do. >
  
  I'm guessing they will pass a total abortion ban anyway and the logic used here doesn't preclude a total ban. >
  
  You might think that, but SC legislators chose not to pursue a total ban after a lot of debate. I live there so I've been following the debate pretty closely.