Lawyers for South Carolina and Planned Parenthood are returning to the state’s highest court to argue how restrictive the ...

Legal challenge to the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act hinges on early cardiac activity and ...

Researchers have used mathematical analysis tools to study the effect of classical music on a fetal heartbeat and identify patterns in heart rate variability. They recruited 36 pregnant women and ...

The law, signed into effect in 2023, banned abortion after the detection of a 'fetal heartbeat', which up until the law was ...

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