H3652

South Carolina H3652 protects access to assistive reproductive technologies and defines fertilized eggs or embryos outside the uterus as not being.

South Carolina H3652, the In Vitro Fertilization Protection Act, adds a new chapter to the state code defining "assistive reproductive technologies" as treatments involving human eggs, sperm, and embryos outside the body. The bill ensures equitable access to these technologies and prohibits placing undue burdens on individuals seeking to use them. It also specifies that fertilized human eggs or embryos outside the uterus are not considered unborn children or any other term that connotes a human being under state law.