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- Abortion in South Carolina is currently legally performed up to 22 weeks gestation due to an injunction by the South Carolina Supreme Court of a 2021 law. The law criminalizes abortion once embryonic cardiac activity is detectable, which is around six weeks after the first day of the woman’s last menstrual period. Representatives from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) stated in a September 2021 Senate hearing that "contemporary ultrasound can detect an electrically induced flickering of a portion of the embryonic tissue," which differs structurally and functionally from both the lay understanding and medical definition of the term "heartbeat." 53% of South Carolina adults said in a poll that they support "a woman’s right to choose to have a safe and legal abortion," while 37% did not support it. The number of abortion clinics in South Carolina has fluctuated over the years, with fifteen in 1982, eighteen in 1992 and three in 2014. There were 5,714 legal abortions in 2014, and 5,778 in 2015. (en)
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- Abortion in South Carolina is currently legally performed up to 22 weeks gestation due to an injunction by the South Carolina Supreme Court of a 2021 law. The law criminalizes abortion once embryonic cardiac activity is detectable, which is around six weeks after the first day of the woman’s last menstrual period. Representatives from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) stated in a September 2021 Senate hearing that "contemporary ultrasound can detect an electrically induced flickering of a portion of the embryonic tissue," which differs structurally and functionally from both the lay understanding and medical definition of the term "heartbeat." 53% of South Carolina adults said in a poll that they support "a woman’s right to choose to have a safe and legal abort (en)
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- Abortion in South Carolina (en)
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