COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the state can keep banning abortions around six weeks after conception by agreeing with the earliest interpretation offered of ...

CRL: Crown—rump length; EV: Embryo volume; FV: Fetal volume; GSV: Gestational sac volume; PV: Placental volume; SonoAVC: Sonography-based automated volume count ...

Planned Parenthood challenged the six-week ban, arguing that the law's language is unclear and allows for abortions up to the nine-week mark of pregnancy.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reviewing a hospital for compliance with federal conscience protections following reports that the hospital had denied ultrasound technicians ...

The law says abortions cannot be performed after an ultrasound can detect “cardiac activity, or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart, within the gestational sac.” ...

The law prohibits abortions from being performed on unborn children with “cardiac activity, or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart, within the gestational sac.” ...

At about five to six weeks of pregnancy, an embryo should be present. At about this time, the gestational sac (where the fetus grows) is about 18 millimeters wide. With a blighted ovum ...

South Carolina's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the state's six-week abortion ban, making it among the states with the strictest abortion laws. Conservative states like South Carolina moved to ban ...

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