The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the state can keep banning abortions around six weeks after conception by agreeing with the earliest interpretation offered of when a heartbeat starts.

South Carolina's highest court ruled in the state's favor to keep a six-week abortion ban. The move centers around the detection of a "fetal heartbeat."

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