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

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

On Wednesday morning, the S.C. Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge brought by Planned Parenthood against South ...

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

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

But Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights groups are arguing the 2023 law includes alternative definitions about the timing of a fetal heart forming and a “heartbeat” starting and the ...

But Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights groups are arguing the 2023 law includes alternative definitions about the timing of a fetal heart forming and a “heartbeat” starting and the true ban ...

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Ohio judge says requiring only abortion clinics to bury or cremate fetal remains violates the state's abortion rights ...

4, 2025 — 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 ...