South Carolina H 3092: Chemically Induced Abortions

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2025-2026 Bill 3092 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3092

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
44-41-95 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION TO PERSONS WHO 
MAY RECEIVE A CHEMICALLY INDUCED ABORTION, WITH EXCEPTIONS.

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

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

 Section 
44-41-95. (A) When mifepristone is 
administered, dispensed, or otherwise provided to a pregnant woman by a 
physician or any person acting under the physician's direction, whether in a 
licensed clinic, private medical office, or any other facility, the physician 
or the person acting under the physician's direction shall provide the 
disclosure statement set forth in subsection (B) to the pregnant woman. The 
disclosure statement may be provided by doing any of the following:

 (1) 
stapling the disclosure statement to a bag, envelope, or other package that 
contains misoprostol for the pregnant woman to self-administer at home;

 (2) 
attaching the disclosure statement to a written prescription for misoprostol 
provided by the physician or the person acting under the physician's direction; 
or

 (3) 
attaching the disclosure statement to the patient's discharge instructions if 
the prescription for misoprostol is sent directly to a pharmacy.

 (B) The 
disclosure statement required by this section must contain all of the following 
text:

"PLEASE READ BEFORE TAKING SECOND PILL

Research has indicated 
that the first pill provided, identified as mifepristone, is not always 
effective in ending a pregnancy. If after taking the first pill you regret your 
decision, please consult a physician or healthcare provider immediately to 
determine if there are options available to assist you in continuing your 
pregnancy. Medication is also available by prescription to help restore 
progesterone and potentially strengthen the pregnancy if you and your physician 
make that decision."

 (C)(1) Nothing in this section may be 
construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion.

 (2) 
Nothing in this section may be construed as requiring the disclosure statement 
to be provided to a woman facing a spontaneous miscarriage.

 (3) 
Nothing in this section may be construed as requiring a pharmacy or any entity 
other than the facility where the abortion is administered to provide the 
disclosure statement.

 (D) As 
used in this section:

 (1) 
"Abortion pill" means the use of mifepristone or misoprostol to induce chemical 
abortion.

 (2) 
"Mifepristone" means a synthetic steroid that inhibits the action of 
progesterone, given orally in early pregnancy to induce a chemical abortion. 
Mifepristone is the first drug used in a two-drug process to induce a chemical 
abortion.

 (3) 
"Misoprostol" means a synthetic prostaglandin E1 analogue that is used to 
induce a chemical abortion. Misoprostol is the second drug used in a two-drug 
process to induce a chemical abortion.

 (4) 
"Spontaneous miscarriage" means the natural or accidental termination of a 
pregnancy and the expulsion of the human fetus, typically caused by genetic 
defects in the human fetus or physical abnormalities in the pregnant woman.

SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, 
paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for 
any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not 
affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, 
the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and 
each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, 
phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other 
sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, 
or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise 
ineffective.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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