<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1656375143399,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-fe9d-da96-ad7d-ffbf8a5c0000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1656375143399,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-fe9d-da96-ad7d-ffbf8a5c0000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
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U.S. Circuit Judge Mary Geiger Lewis issued a stay on an injunction order that had blocked the Fetal Heartbeat Act from being implemented on Monday, days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, reversing a ruling nearly 50 years ago that legalized abortion nationwide and returning the issue back to the states.
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“We’ve spent nearly a year and a half defending the Fetal Heartbeat Act in court. Finally, it has gone into effect in South Carolina. This is why Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision is so important — countless unborn children will be saved because of this law,” Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) said.
This comes after Planned Parenthood South Atlantic notified the U.S. District Court in Columbia earlier Monday that it was withdrawing its lawsuit, which had blocked the law from going into effect last year, noting that it will seek relief “on other grounds,” the New York Times reported.
Lewis had granted an injunction on the law last March, though the Supreme Court ruling on Friday changed the situation.
“Once Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court, the decision on legally protecting the lives of unborn babies was returned to the states, so there was no longer any basis for blocking South Carolina’s Heartbeat Law,” state Attorney General Alan Wilson said. “Our state is now carrying out a government’s most sacred and fundamental duty, protecting life.”
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The state’s heartbeat law, which was signed by McMaster last February, requires providers to perform ultrasounds to check for a fetal heartbeat, which can typically be detected around six weeks after conception. If a heartbeat is detected, abortions can only be performed under limited exceptions, such as rape, incest, or if the mother’s life is in danger.
