A judge has blocked an attempt by the Planned Parenthood abortion business to strike down the South Carolina heartbeat law that is saving babies from abortions.
Circuit Court Judge Daniel Coble denied the motion from the abortion giant to hit pause on the pro-life law despite false claims from Planned Parenthood that the law doesn’t give a specific timeline when an unborn baby’s heartbeat can be detected.
Coble said the state legislature clearly intended the law to begin applying an abortion ban at 6 weeks, when an unborn child’s heartbeat can clearly be detected on a sonogram. The judge also referenced the frequent use of six weeks in the South Carolina Supreme Court case last year, nothing that pro-life and pro-abortion legislators both called it a 6-week abortion ban.
“This court holds that it is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the General Assembly intended, and the public understood, that the time frame of the act would begin around the six-week mark,” Coble wrote in his decision.
Coble said the term “fetal heartbeat” is somewhat vague, but it does not meet the standard to be considered unconstitutional.
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“The definition of ‘fetal heartbeat’ is not clear and unambiguous and does not convey a definite meaning on its face,” Coble wrote. “Therefore, this Court must look to the intent of the General Assembly in determining, if possible, what it envisioned.”
The state argued “an embryo’s heart is beating steadily, repetitively and rhythmically” at the six-week mark but Planned Parenthood argued the abortion bans should not go into effect until 9 weeks.
The state Supreme Court ruled in August that the state’s fetal heartbeat law is constitutional.
Gov. Henry McMaster’s office called the decision “another legal victory” for the state’s heartbeat law.
“Life will continue to be protected in South Carolina, and the governor will continue his fight to protect it,” McMaster spokesman Brandon Charochak said in a statement.
The Planned Parenthood abortion business is expected to appeal.
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