June 01, 2026
The Fourth Circuit has decided not to rehear an appeal over whether a South Carolina abortion protestor should be given a new trial after the court previously affirmed his conviction for blocking the doors of a clinic.
May 04, 2026
An abortion protester who blocked the doors to a Columbia, South Carolina, clinic did not have the right to a jury trial because the crime, for which he was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $1,000, was not serious enough to warrant it, a Fourth Circuit panel said.