House Amendment 200
S 474 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Abortion - Fetal Heartbeat
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Rep. King and Bamberg propose the following amendment (LC-474.HA0181H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Article 6, Chapter 41, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 Section 44-41-715.Any pregnant woman who is ineligible to receive an abortion is entitled to child support beginning on the day that a fetal heartbeat is detected. The maximum amount of child support that the court may impose on the father of an unborn child shall be the amount of the medical expenses related to the pregnancy and pregnancy related expenses for the pregnant woman. Following the child's birth, the child support is subject to the provisions of Chapter 17, Title 63.