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TO AMEND SECTION 44-41-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PREREQUISITES FOR PERFORMANCE TO ABORTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, AN ABORTION MAY NOT BE PERFORMED SOONER THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE WOMAN RECEIVES THE WRITTEN MATERIALS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE WOMAN'S RIGHT TO KNOW ACT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-41-330(C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(C) Except in the case of a medical emergency, no abortion may be performed sooner than one hour twenty-four hours after the woman receives the written materials and certifies this fact to the physician or the physician's agent."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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