The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the state can keep banning abortions around six weeks after conception by ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld an interpretation of a 2023 law prohibiting most abortions starting at the six-week ...

Justices issue a 27-page decision that rules against Planned Parenthood's challenge at what point a fetal heartbeat is ...

In a previous decision, the state supreme court left open the question of when a fetus truly has a heartbeat whether that ...

Conservative states like South Carolina moved to ban most abortions after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that for decades guaranteed reproductive rights ...

In Wednesday’s opinion, the court reasoned that while the law’s definition of “fetal heartbeat” was ambiguous, the lawmakers ...

Protesters gather outside the state house in opposition to a proposed abortion ban debated Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 by the South Carolina House of Representatives in Columbia, S.C. Credit ...

But in a change from previous years, there was little debate in the General Assembly on tightening the law to ban nearly all abortions. Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said the state ...