North Carolina's stricter abortion law, which took effect in July 2023, bans most abortions past 12 weeks in pregnancy. The ...

South Carolina allows exceptions for rape and incest up to 12 weeks of a pregnancy, to save the life of the mother or if the baby has a fatal fetal anomaly. ... Updated July 14, 2025 12:12 PM .

The mean duration of gestation at birth was 39.3 weeks in the trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole group and 38.9 weeks in the placebo group (mean difference, 0.5 weeks [95% CI, 0.2 to 0.7]).

South Carolina's Supreme Court upheld the state's 2023 fetal heartbeat law, banning abortions after cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks. The law allows exceptions for medical ...