Pro-Life Laws in South Carolina
Since 1990, the South Carolina General Assembly has
passed seven life-protecting laws, including the ban on
physician-assisted suicide. Corresponding to the enactment of pro-life
laws is a 50
percent decline in the number of abortions occurring in South
Carolina. (Information Source, S.C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control)
These Laws are:
Parental
Consent Act of 1990
Woman's Right to Know Act of 1994
Abortion Clinic Regulation Act of 1994
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997
The
Physician-Assisted Suicide Ban Act of 1998(see article 11 section
16-3-1090)
Safe Haven for
Abandoned Newborns Act of 2000(see article 3 section 20-7-85)
Choose Life
License Tag Act of 2001 (see article 89)
Autumn's
Law
Unborn
Victims of Violence Act(see Section 16-3-1083)
