South Carolina H 4760: Statewide assessments

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2025-2026 Bill 4760 Text of Previous Version (May. 06, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4760

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Committee Report

May 6, 2026

H. 4760

Introduced by Reps. W. Newton, Oremus, G. M. 
Smith, Jordan, Crawford, Duncan, Erickson, Forrest, Gatch, Gilliam, Guest, 
Haddon, Hiott, Hixon, J. E. Johnson, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, McCravy, 
Martin, C. Mitchell, T. Moore, B. Newton, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Robbins, 
Sessions, Vaughan, Whitmire, Willis, Yow, Chumley, Edgerton, Taylor, Bowers, 
White and Burns 

S. Printed 5/6/26--S.

Read the first time February 5, 2026

________

The committee on Senate Medical 
Affairs

To whom was referred a Bill (H. 4760) to amend 
the South Carolina Code of Laws by adding Article 8 to Chapter 41, Title 44 so 
as to create crimes and associated penalties regarding the use of 
abortion-inducing, etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered 
the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

DANIEL VERDIN for Committee.

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 8 TO CHAPTER 41, TITLE 44 SO AS TO CREATE 
CRIMES AND ASSOCIATED PENALTIES REGARDING THE USE OF ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS, 
WITH EXCEPTIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 44-53-250, RELATING TO SCHEDULE IV 
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO ADD MIFEPRISTONE AND MISOPROSTOL; AND BY 
AMENDING SECTION 44-53-370, RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OFFENSES AND 
PENALTIES, SO AS TO CREATE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR POSSESSION OF MIFEPRISTONE 
AND MISOPROSTOL, WITH EXCEPTIONS.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 41, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

Article 8

Abortion-Inducing Drug Prohibitions

 Section 
44-41-810. For purposes of this article:

 (1) 
"Abortion" or "induced abortion" has the same meaning as the term "abortion" in 
Section 44-41-610.

 (2)(a) "Abortion-inducing drug" means any 
drug or chemical, or any combination of drugs or chemicals, or any other 
substance when used with the intent to cause an abortion including, but not 
limited to, RU-486, the Mifeprex regimen, misoprostol (Cytotec), or 
methotrexate.

 (b) 
"Abortion-inducing drug" does not mean a contraceptive, an emergency 
contraceptive, or the use of methotrexate to treat an ectopic pregnancy.

 (3) 
"Great bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of 
death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or 
impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ.

 (4) 
"Hospital" means those institutions licensed for hospital operation by the 
department in accordance with Article 3, Chapter 7 of this title and which have 
also been certified by the department to be suitable facilities for the 
performance of abortions.

 (5) 
"Interactive computer service" means any information service, system, or access 
software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to 
a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides 
access to the internet and such systems operated or services offered by 
libraries or educational institutions.

 (6) 
"Medical emergency" has the same meaning as defined in Section 44-41-610.

 (7) 
"Pregnant" has the same meaning as defined in Section 44-41-610.

 (8) 
"Unlawful abortion" means any abortion not authorized pursuant to South 
Carolina state law.

 Section 
44-41-820. (A) It is unlawful for 
any person to knowingly cause an abortion to occur by means of delivering, 
dispensing, distributing, or providing a pregnant woman with an 
abortion-inducing drug.

 (B)(1) Any person who knowingly performs 
an abortion by means of an abortion-inducing drug in violation of this section 
is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more 
than five years, or fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or both.

 (2) 
Any person who knowingly performs an abortion by means of an abortion-inducing 
drug in violation of this section that results in the death or the substantial 
and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function, not including 
psychological or emotional conditions, of the pregnant woman is guilty of a 
felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or 
fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars, or both.

 (3) 
Any person who knowingly performs an abortion by means of an abortion-inducing 
drug in violation of this section that results in the death or the substantial 
and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function, not including 
psychological or emotional conditions, of a pregnant woman under the age of 
eighteen is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not 
more than fifty years, or fined not more than one