South Carolina is defending its 2023 Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act in federal court against a constitutional challenge concerning the clarity of its medical exceptions for abortion. The case, Bingham v.
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South Carolina filed at least 381 criminal charges related to pregnancy over the past three years, the highest number in the nation, with most cases involving allegations of drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy rather than abortion. This high number is linked to a 1997 South Carolina Supreme Court ruling that allows prosecutors to charge pregnant women under child abuse laws, a precedent shared only with Oklahoma and Alabama, which also have high case numbers.
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