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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 12:47:53+00:00

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1 S.C. Code Ann. § 16-82 et seq. (Law. Co-op. Supp. 1971).
2 Id. §§ 16-82, 16-83.
3 Id. § 16-84. No prosecutions were reported under this statute.
4 Id. § 16-87. The law imposed other conditions. Abortions could be performed only in a licensed hospital, after three physicians had examined the woman and certified in writing to the existence of the circumstances justifying the abortion under the law. Id. § 16-87(1). Except in emergency cases, the woman had to be a resident of the State for ninety days immediately preceding the operation. Id. If the woman seeking the abortion was a minor or an incompetent, the written consent of her parents or guardian was required and, if she was married, the written consent of her husband or guardian. Id. As the experience in California demonstrated, mental health exceptions were widely abused. See People v. Barksdale, 503 P.2d 257, 265 (Cal. 1972) (noting that more than 60,000 abortions were reported in 1970, more than 98% of which were performed for alleged reasons of mental health).
5 198 S.E.2d 253 (S.C. 1973).
6 1974 S.C. Acts 2837, 2841, Act No. 1215, § 8.
7 South Carolina’s post-viability statute, see S.C. Code Ann. § 44-41-20(c) (Law. Co-op. 2002), would not effectively prohibit post-viability abortions because it allows abortions for mental, as well as physical, health reasons. As the experience in California demonstrated, mental health exceptions were widely abused. See People v. Barksdale, 503 P.2d 257, 265 (Cal. 1972) (noting that more than 60,000 abortions were reported in 1970, more than 98% of which were performed for alleged reasons of mental health).

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