abortion

An S.C. Senate Medical Affairs panel discussed a restrictive abortion ban — S. 323 — on Oct. 1. The bill would outlaw abortion and eliminate exceptions for rape, incest and fatal fetal anomalies.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for September 30, 2025: we look at a hearing on a controversial and restrictive abortion ban bill before a Senate subcommittee; a look at a possible government shutdown and who could be affected in our state; Scott Morgan continues our look back on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene; and more!

A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country's biggest abortion provider.

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the state can keep banning abortions around six weeks after conception by agreeing with the earliest interpretation offered of when a heartbeat starts.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments April 2 in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case over whether South Carolina can block Planned Parenthood from providing non-abortion health care services to Medicaid recipients.

The state cut off funding to Planned Parenthood because it provided non-abortion services to Medicaid patients.

As of 11 p.m. Tuesday, unofficial results showed Carlisle Kennedy with nearly 62.5% of the vote to Sen. Katrina Shealy's 37.5%.

A near-total abortion ban was defeated in South Carolina with the help of the only three Republican women in the Senate, but after Tuesday's primary, they're losing their election bids.

A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law.

The state law has been interpreted as banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood argues the ban is vague and shouldn't apply until at least three weeks later in pregnancy.