The law, signed into effect in 2023, banned abortion after the detection of a 'fetal heartbeat', which up until the law was ...

Legal challenge to the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act hinges on early cardiac activity and ...

The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "fetal heartbeat ban," curated by The Marshall Project.

For the third time in less than three years, the issue of abortion is back before the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Lawyers for South Carolina and Planned Parenthood are returning to the state’s highest court to argue how restrictive the ...

EARLIER THIS WEEK, UPSTATE SENATOR JOSH KIMBRELL ADDRESSED HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE FETAL HEARTBEAT LAW TODAY AT THE STATE HOUSE THIS WEEK, AN UPSTATE WOMAN TOLD US THAT SHE HAD TO TRAVEL OUT OF ...

Playing classical music affects fetal heart rate. Researchers found that heart rate patterns became more stable and predictable.

South Carolina justices closely questioned attorneys over whether a “heartbeat” ban prohibits abortions at six weeks’ ...

Response to music on the nonlinear dynamics of human fetal heart rate fluctuations: A recurrence plot analysis. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science , 2025; 35 (2) DOI: 10.1063 ...

At the state level, Missouri Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson) has introduced House Joint Resolution 39, which seeks to prohibit abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected, except in cases of medical ...

A fetal monitor is a device used to listen to a baby’s heartbeat during labor and delivery, to check for early signs of distress, so that adjustments in approach to the labor can be made if ...