The state's so-called "fetal heartbeat" bill, which was dubbed by many as the six-week abortion ban, has been in effect since ...

On Wednesday morning, the S.C. Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge brought by Planned Parenthood against South Carolina’s “fetal heartbeat law.” ...

The arguments for Planned Pareenthood South Atlantic vs. South Carolina are scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m.

Excerpts of the lawsuit read that South Carolina’s senate bill 474 “bans abortion once a so-called fetal heartbeat can be detected and defines fetal heartbeat as cardiac activity or the steady ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With a heartbeat abortion ban solidly in place ... Both supporters and opponents of the bill called it nearly exclusively a six-week ban during debate in the House and ...