South Carolina H 4130: Miscarriages

Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Long, Gagnon, Hartz, McCravy, Hiott (as of 2025-03-05)

State: South Carolina · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: H 4130

Sponsors: Gagnon, Hartz, Hiott, Long, McCravy, Oremus

Bill Text

2025-2026 Bill 4130 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 05, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4130

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-7-400 SO AS TO PROHIBIT HEALTHCARE 
PROVIDERS FROM DESIGNATING MISCARRIAGES AS AN ABORTION IN PATIENT MEDICAL 
RECORDS.

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

SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 7, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is 
amended by adding:

 Section 
44-7-400. Notwithstanding reporting to the Department of Public Health required 
pursuant to Section 44-41-60, the medical record of a patient whose pregnancy 
terminated due to a miscarriage may not be coded by the healthcare facility or 
practitioner, or otherwise designated by the facility or practitioner, as an 
abortion or a medical procedure or healthcare related to an abortion.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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