Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins

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A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law.

This week’s Insider Deals are so good you’ll want all of themSouth Carolina Circuit Judge Daniel Coble listens to arguments on how do define"heartbeat" under the state's 2023 abortion law on Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law.

Coble's ruling against a temporary suspension of the law is far from the final say. Planned Parenthood is expected to appeal and argue that the different definitions of heartbeat mean the law is too vague to be constitutional. Coble's ruling raised even more inconsistencies in the law's language that may become points of contention in later appeals. The law refers to a fetal heartbeat, but most experts consider a fertilized egg to be an embryo for about 10 weeks after conception before transitioning into a fetus.

 

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