Judge hears arguments in South Carolina abortion case
The law defines "fetal heartbeat" as "cardiac activity, or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart, within the gestational sac."
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The law defines "fetal heartbeat" as "cardiac activity, or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart, within the gestational sac."
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South Carolina’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks is back in court and centered on the definition of fetal heartbeat. A state circuit judge on Thursday began considering Planned
South Carolina's ban on abortions after roughly six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant, returned to court Thursday.
COLUMBIA — At what point in a pregnancy does South Carolina’s so-called “fetal heartbeat” law ban abortions, at six weeks or nine? That’s the question abortion providers are asking a Circuit Court judge to answer, noting it was South Carolina’s Supreme Court who invited the legal query. Until that’s settled, they’re seeking to suspend enforcement […] The post Latest challenge to SC’s abortion law seeks to reset the ban at 9 weeks appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.