South Carolina Senate Bill 623 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on April 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-16 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Relating To Abortions, To Enact The "south Carolina Human Heartbeat Protection Act", By Adding Section 44-41-25 To Provide That Physicians Or Allied Health Professionals Must Conduct A Fetal Heartbeat Abdominal Ultrasound Test Prior To Performing Or Inducing An Abortion, To Prohibit Abortions When A Fetal Heartbeat Is Detected, To Provide For Information To Be Given To The Woman, To Provide For Regulations Of The Ultrasound Procedure And Statistical Probabilities Of Bringing A Fetus To Term, To Provide For Exemptions, To Define Medical Emergency For The Purposes Of The Section, And To Provide For Penalties.

Human Heartbeat Protection Act

Sen. Lee Bright [R]	Sen. Kevin Bryant [R]	Sen. Danny Verdin [R]	Sen. Michael Fair [R]
Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]	Sen. Ronnie Cromer [R]	Sen. Shane Martin [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2013-04-16	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
44	41	25	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0623&session=120&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/623_20130416.htm