{"id":271289,"date":"2022-06-28T08:41:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=271289"},"modified":"2022-06-27T22:07:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T03:07:57","slug":"south-carolina-heartbeat-law-now-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/south-carolina-heartbeat-law-now-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina heartbeat law now in effect after injunction lifted"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A federal court ruled<\/a> on Monday that South Carolina’s pro-life Heartbeat Bill can go into effect thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em> overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em>. Because of that ruling, an injunction preventing the law from taking effect has been removed.<\/p>\n

The Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act restricts abortion beginning when a child’s heartbeat can be detected at about six weeks, though the human heart begins beating about 16-22 days after fertilization. It was passed in 2021 and states that doctors must use an ultrasound to search for a preborn child’s heartbeat prior to committing an abortion. If a heartbeat is detected<\/a>, an abortion can only be carried out if the woman’s life is in danger<\/a> or if the baby was conceived in rape or incest (in which case it cannot take place past 20 weeks)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

After Governor Henry McMaster signed the bill in February 2021, Planned Parenthood immediately sued<\/a> to block it.<\/p>\n

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South Carolina can now enforce its ban on most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected (after ~6 weeks), with a federal judge just staying the injunction on the Fetal Heartbeat Law. The law had been blocked by courts since right after Gov. McMaster signed it last year. pic.twitter.com\/5bXHWMZ9pq<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mary Green (@MaryGreenNews) June 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n