(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 18 - The governor of South Carolina, Republican Henry McMaster, has signed the most restrictive law on abortion in the United States, the one that prohibits termination of pregnancy after six weeks of digestion. It is the period in which the first heartbeat of the fetus is usually detected but in which many women do not yet know they are pregnant. Doctors who perform abortion beyond this period will face sentences of up to two years in prison. "We will become the most pro-life state in the country," McMaster exulted on Twitter days ago. (HANDLE).
South Carolina, stricter abortion law signed in the US
2021-02-18T19:37:38.629Z
South Carolina's governor, Republican Henry McMaster, has signed the most restrictive abortion law in the United States, one that prohibits termination of pregnancy after six weeks of gestation. (HANDLE)