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SC H3012

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Pope

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Origin

House of Representatives

126th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits South Carolina state and local governments from requiring pregnancy centers to perform abortions, provide abortion-inducing drugs or contraception, or make referrals for these services

  • Prevents government entities from requiring pregnancy centers to post materials promoting abortion or contraception, or from mandating they counsel in favor of these options

  • Protects pregnancy centers from being barred from providing prenatal/postnatal resources, medical testing, or counseling solely because they do not offer abortion-related services

  • Allows medical pregnancy centers to counsel women on treatments that may reverse the effects of abortion-inducing drugs

  • Creates a private right of action allowing aggrieved parties to sue for violations, with minimum damages of $10,000 plus treble actual damages and attorney's fees

Legislative Description

Pregnancy CARE Act

Last Action

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Rankin, Long, Oremus, Gibson, Lawson, Burns, Edgerton

1/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary12/5/2024

Full Bill Text

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