South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
Chapter 41 - Abortions

Section 44-41-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (a) "Abortion" means the use...

Section 44-41-20. Legal Abortions. - Abortion shall be a criminal act except when performed under...

Section 44-41-30. Persons from whom consent is required. - (A) Consent is required before the performance of an abortion...

Section 44-41-31. Abortion upon minors; consent requirements; support obligations of parent or legal guardian who refuses to give consent for minor's abortion; penalty for false representation. - (A) No person may perform an abortion upon a minor...

Section 44-41-32. Petitioning court for right to obtain abortion without consent of parent or legal guardian. - Every minor has the right to petition the court for...

Section 44-41-33. Court order granting or denying minor right to obtain abortion. - (A) The court shall enter a written order stating findings...

Section 44-41-34. Appeals; hearings closed to public; records to be sealed; Supreme Court to adopt rules. - (A) A minor has the right to appeal to the...

Section 44-41-35. Failure to obtain required consent. - Failure to obtain required consent constitutes prima facie evidence of...

Section 44-41-36. Penalty for failing to conform with requirements of Sections 44-41-10 through 44-41-36 when performing abortion on minor; justified reliance on representations of minors or other persons. - (A) A person who intentionally performs an abortion with knowledge...

Section 44-41-37. Disclosure of consent requirements when counseling or discussing abortion with minor; brochure for use in counseling pregnant minors. - A physician or other professional person or agency counseling or...

Section 44-41-40. Certain hospitals or clinics may refuse to perform abortions. - No private or nongovernmental hospital or clinic shall be required...

Section 44-41-50. Medical employees not required to aid in abortions; providing necessary aftercare following abortion. - (A) No physician, nurse, technician, medical student, or other employee...

Section 44-41-60. Abortions must be reported. - Any abortion performed in this State must be reported by...

Section 44-41-70. Promulgation of rules and regulations for certification of hospitals and other facilities. - (a) The department shall promulgate and enforce regulations for the...

Section 44-41-75. Licensing of certain abortion facilities; regulations. - (A) A facility in which any second trimester or five...

Section 44-41-80. Performing or soliciting unlawful abortion; testimony of woman may be compelled. - (a) Any person, except as permitted by this chapter, who...

Section 44-41-85. Performance of partial-birth abortion by physician; felony; cause of action against physician. - (A) A physician who knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and...

Section 44-41-310. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Woman's Right to...

Section 44-41-320. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Medical emergency" means that...

Section 44-41-330. Conditions for performance; information requirements; waiting period; minors or mentally incompetent persons; retention of records. - (A) Except in the case of a medical emergency and...

Section 44-41-340. Publication of materials regarding available assistance. - (A) The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control...

Section 44-41-350. Penalties for noncompliance with this article. - A physician who performs an abortion when the physician knows...

Section 44-41-360. Preservation of anonymity of woman having abortion. - In every proceeding or action brought under this article, the...

Section 44-41-370. Applicability of article. - This article applies only to facilities in which any second...

Section 44-41-380. Severability of provisions of article. - If any provision, word, phrase, or clause of Article 3,...

Section 44-41-410. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Pain-Capable...

Section 44-41-420. Legislative findings. - The General Assembly makes the following findings: (1) Pain receptors...

Section 44-41-430. Definitions. - For the purposes of this article: (1) "Abortion" means the...

Section 44-41-440. Determination of probable post-fertilization age of unborn child. - Except in the case of a medical emergency or fetal...

Section 44-41-450. Abortion prohibited when probable post-fertilization age of unborn child is twenty or more weeks; exceptions. - (A) No person shall perform or induce or attempt to...

Section 44-41-460. Report of abortion performed pursuant to Section 44-41-450; patient privacy; department to issue public report; late fee for failure of facility to report; regulations. - (A) Any abortion performed in this State pursuant to Section...

Section 44-41-470. Penalties for noncompliance with Sections 44-41-440 and 44-41-450. - Any physician who intentionally or knowingly fails to conform to...

Section 44-41-480. Construction against implicit repeal of existing law. - This article must not be construed to repeal, by implication...

Section 44-41-610. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Conception" means fertilization. (2)...

Section 44-41-620. Effect of court judgment or order; enforcement. - (A) A court judgment or order suspending enforcement of any...

Section 44-41-630. Obstetric ultrasound; display of images; recording written medical description of images of fetal heartbeat. - An abortion provider who is to perform or induce an...

Section 44-41-640. Abortion provider shall make fetal heartbeat audible for pregnant woman to hear. - If a pregnancy is at least eight weeks after fertilization,...

Section 44-41-650. Determination of detectable fetal heartbeat prior to abortion; penalties. - (A) Except as provided in Section 44-41-660, no person shall...

Section 44-41-660. Exception for medical emergency; written notations in medical records. - (A) Section 44-41-650 does not apply to a physician who...

Section 44-41-670. No violation of Section 44-41-650 if no fetal heartbeat detected. - A physician is not in violation of Section 44-41-650 if...

Section 44-41-680. Performance of abortion prohibited if fetal heartbeat detected; exceptions; physician required to notify law enforcement after performing abortion in certain circumstances; penalties. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), no person shall...

Section 44-41-690. Exceptions to prevent death or serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function; written documentation required. - (A) Section 44-41-680 does not apply to a physician who...

Section 44-41-700. No violation of Section 44-41-680 if no fetal heartbeat detected. - A physician is not in violation of Section 44-41-680 if...

Section 44-41-710. Construction and application of article. - This article must not be construed to repeal, by implication...

Section 44-41-720. Contraceptives not affected by this article. - Nothing in this article prohibits the sale, use, prescription, or...

Section 44-41-730. Pregnant woman not subject to criminal prosecution for violating any provisions of this article. - A pregnant woman on whom an abortion is performed or...

Section 44-41-740. Civil action; damages; attorney's fees. - (A) A woman who meets any one or more of...