Exceptions in South Carolina’s abortion ban are too vague and infringe on physicians’ religious beliefs, a group of doctors is claiming in a federal lawsuit. Under the state’s so-called “fetal heartbeat” law passed in 2023,

"The abortion ban violates the fundamental right to practice one’s faith, forcing plaintiffs to choose between observing their religious duties but risking imprisonment and professional discipline or reneging on their religious obligations but preserving their freedom and livelihood,

A South Carolina lawmaker has brought back an unpopular bill that would treat abortion as homicide under state law.