"What pregnant people may hear is the ultrasound machine translating electronic impulses that signify fetal cardiac activity into the sound that we recognize as a heartbeat," ACOG states.

Lawyers for South Carolina and Planned Parenthood are returning to the state's highest court to argue how restrictive the ...

For example, if according to their estimated due date, a person is eight weeks pregnant and the ultrasound does not reveal a fetal heartbeat, there may be a moment of panic but the explanation ...

SHE SAID A DOCTOR TOLD HER SHE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT SEVERAL EXTRA DAYS AND GET A SECOND ULTRASOUND BECAUSE OF THE FETAL HEARTBEAT LAW. STATE SENATOR KIMBRELL SAID THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT OF THE LAW.

One bill, HB 64, requires women to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound no more than 48 hours before taking abortion medication.