(1) the act of using or prescribing any ‘Abortion’ means instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. Such use, prescription, or means is not an abortion if done with the intent to: (a) save the life or preserve the health of the unborn child; (b) remove a dead unborn child caused by spontaneous abortion; or (c) remove an ectopic pregnancy. (2) means the act of listening for sounds made by ‘Auscultation’ internal organs of the fetus, specifically for a fetal heartbeat, utilizing an ultrasound transducer and fetal heart rate (FHR) monitor. (3) means the South Carolina Department of ‘Department’ Health and Environmental Control. (4) or means any public or private ‘Facility’ ‘medical facility’ hospital, clinic, center, medical school, medical training institution, health care facility, physician’s office, infirmary, dispensary, ambulatory surgical treatment center, or other institution or location wherein medical care is provided to any person. (5) means that condition which, on the ‘Medical emergency’ basis of the good faith clinical judgment, so complicates physician’s the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate termination of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. (6) means any person licensed to practice medicine ‘Physician’ in this State. The term includes medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy. (7) or means that female reproductive ‘Pregnant’ ‘pregnancy’ condition of having an unborn child in the uterus. woman’s (8) gestational means what, in the judgment of ‘Probable age’ the attending physician based upon the attending physician’s examination and the medical history, is with reasonable woman’s probability the gestational age of the embryo or fetus at the time the abortion is planned to be performed. (9) means an agent of the physician who is a ‘Qualified person’ psychologist, licensed social worker, licensed professional counselor, registered nurse, or physician. (10) means the offspring of human beings from ‘Unborn child’ conception until birth.
(1) ‘Abortion’ means the act of using or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. Such use, prescription, or means is not an abortion if done with the intent to: (a) save the life or preserve the health of the unborn child; (b) remove a dead unborn child caused by spontaneous abortion; or (c) remove an ectopic pregnancy. (2) ‘Auscultation’ means the act of listening for sounds made by internal organs of the fetus, specifically for a fetal heartbeat, utilizing an ultrasound transducer and fetal heart rate (FHR) monitor. (3) ‘Department’ means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. (4) ‘Facility’ or ‘medical facility’ means any public or private hospital, clinic, center, medical school, medical training institution, health care facility, physician’s office, infirmary, dispensary, ambulatory surgical treatment center, or other institution or location wherein medical care is provided to any person. (5) ‘Medical emergency’ means that condition which, on the basis of the physician’s good faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate termination of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. (6) ‘Physician’ means any person licensed to practice medicine in this State. The term includes medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy. (7) ‘Pregnant’ or ‘pregnancy’ means that female reproductive condition of having an unborn child in the woman’s uterus. (8) ‘Probable gestational age’ means what, in the judgment of the attending physician based upon the attending physician’s examination and the woman’s medical history, is with reasonable probability the gestational age of the embryo or fetus at the time the abortion is planned to be performed. (9) ‘Qualified person’ means an agent of the physician who is a psychologist, licensed social worker, licensed professional counselor, registered nurse, or physician. (10) ‘Unborn child’ means the offspring of human beings from conception until birth.
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