South Carolina Senate Bill 40: In Vitro Fertilization Protection Act

South Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session

What it does

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "in Vitro Fertilization Act" By Adding Chapter 140 To Title 44 So As To Add A Definition For "assistive Reproductive Technologies" And To Provide Related Protections To Access These Technologies; And By Adding Section 16-3-100 So As To Provide That A Fertilized Human Egg Or Human Embryo Outside Of The Uterus Of A Human Body Is Not Considered An Unborn Child Or Another Term That Connotes A Human Being For Any Purpose Under State Law.

Latest action

Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (2025-01-14)

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