South Carolina’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ law in a Wednesday ruling. Justices ruled the state can ...

The justices acknowledged the medical imprecision of South Carolina's heartbeat provision, which is similar to language in ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that nearly all abortions in the state can be banned starting at six weeks after ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld an interpretation of a 2023 law prohibiting most abortions starting at the six-week ...

But in a change from previous years, there was little debate in the General Assembly on tightening the law to ban nearly all abortions. Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said the state ...

In Wednesday’s opinion, the court reasoned that while the law’s definition of “fetal heartbeat” was ambiguous, the lawmakers ...

18, 2023. The right to an abortion is back before the highest court in South Carolina on Tuesday, June 27, as Republicans try to restore a ban that was overturned earlier this year — this time ...

South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, the state Supreme Court ruled ...

South Carolina Supreme Court Decides Heartbeat Definition Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the state can keep banning abortions ...

In a previous decision, the state supreme court left open the question of when a fetus truly has a heartbeat whether that ...

South Carolina and three others prohibit abortions ... and died as a direct result of this abortion ban," the organization's statement said.