South Carolina Court Overturns State Law Banning Abortion After 'Fetal Heartbeat' Detected

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Dobbs, which returned the issue of abortion to the states in June 2022, there's news Thursday of another state's high court releasing a decision on the practice-this time in South Carolina.
38% : The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a ban on abortion after cardiac activity is detected -- typically around six weeks -- ruling the restriction enacted by the Deep South state violates a state constitutional right to privacy.
36% : As we previously reported, other states have weighed in on the legality of abortion, including Georgia in November 2022, which reinstated the Peach state's "fetal heartbeat" law (banning abortion after around six weeks) and-most recently-Arizona in late December, which found that abortion is legal up to 15 weeks.

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