Justices expected to rule on lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood that contends the state's fetal heartbeat protection act's ...

South Carolina's Top Court heard Planned Parenthood's challenge to the fetal heartbeat law on Wednesday, which makes it illegal for a woman to have an abortion after the fetal heartbeat is heard.

With a heartbeat abortion ban solidly in place in South Carolina, lawyers for the state and Planned Parenthood return to the state’s highest court Wednesday to argue how restrictive the ban should be.