On May 25, 2023, Governor McMaster signed Senate Bill 474, effectuating the General Assembly’s second attempt at the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act (the “Act”), which.
South Carolina Gov. McMaster signed SB 474:a physician or other qualified professional must perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant patient prior to performing or inducing an abortion to determine whether a fetal heartbeat is present. Law has been temporarily blocked
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3 days ago Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of the District of South Carolina denied a motion by Gov. Henry McMaster to dismiss Planned Parenthood’s amended complaint challenging the state’s Feb. 18 law banning abortions once an embryonic or fetal heartbeat is detected, mainly relying on the reasoning behind the same court’s granting of a preliminary injunction March 19 that blocked the law’s enforcement.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSAT), Greenville Women’s Clinic (GWC), and GWC co-owner and physician Terry L. Buffkin filed their original complaint against South Carolina lawmakers the same day the state passed Senate Bill 1, or the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, challenging the constitutionality of the legislation, as Law Street Media reported. The bill which was restrained from being enforced after the court granted the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction would prevent patients from having legal abortions afte
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A hearing has been set for Monday on whether a federal judge should issue a preliminary injunction prohibiting the State of South Carolina from putting into effect