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Whether a fetal heartbeat can be detected at six weeks or only later is the question before the South Carolina Supreme Court ...

For the third time in less than three years, the issue of abortion is back before the South Carolina Supreme Court.

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South Carolina prohibits abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected—usually, six weeks after a patient’s last menstrual period, or about two weeks after an early pregnancy could possibly ...

South Carolina justices closely questioned attorneys over whether a “heartbeat” ban prohibits abortions at six weeks’ ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — South Carolina’s fetal heartbeat law is back under fire, as the State Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a case against the state’s abortion ban Wednesday.

With a heartbeat abortion ban solidly in place in South Carolina, lawyers for the state and Planned Parenthood return to the ...