Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a cardiac anomaly: a passageway connecting the right atrium to the left atrium of the heart that serves during fetal life, but usually closes after birth. However ...

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 ...

South Carolina’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ law in a Wednesday ruling. Justices ruled the state can continue to ban abortion starting at six weeks of gestation ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — Among adults ages 18-49 (median age of 41 years) who were born with a hole in the upper chambers of their heart known as patent foramen ovale (PFO), strokes of unknown cause were ...

South Carolina’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ law in a Wednesday ruling. Justices ruled the state can continue to ban abortion starting at six weeks of gestation, when the ...

The state, represented by Senior Counsel to the Governor Grayson Lambert, said the law does not state that the fetal heart has to be fully developed for the ban to be enacted. The court sided with ...

The Hill: South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban South Carolina’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ law in a Wednesday ruling. Justices ruled the state ...