South Carolina House Bill 5483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on August 31 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-08-31 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, To Enact The "reproductive Health Rights Act", By Adding Chapter 140 To Title 44 So As To Provide That A Woman May Have An Abortion Prior To The Viability Of Her Embryo Or Fetus, To Provide For The Circumstances In Which A Woman May Have An Abortion After The Viability Of Her Fetus, To Provide For The Process Through Which A Minor May Have An Abortion, To Provide That Assistive Reproductive Technologies And Contraceptives Shall Be Available In South Carolina, To Provide That Pregnant Women Are Entitled To Quality Prenatal And Postnatal Health Care, And To Expand Medicaid To Facilitate The Delivery Of Quality Prenatal And Postnatal Health Care; To Amend Section 40-47-37, Relating To The Practice Of Telemedicine, So As To Permit Doctors To Prescribe Abortion-inducing Drugs Via Telemedicine; By Adding Section 38-71-48 So As To Provide That Health Insurance Policies That Provide Pregnancy And Child Birth Coverage Must Also Offer Coverage For Abortions And Related Services And Medical Procedures Intended To Permanently Prevent Pregnancy Including, But Not Limited To, Tubal Ligation, Hysterectomy, And Vasectomy; By Adding Section 38-71-49 So As To Provide That Health Insurance Policies Must Offer Coverage For Assistive Reproductive Technologies; To Amend Section 59-32-10, Relating To Comprehensive Health Education Program-defined Terms, So As To Change Certain Definitions; And To Repeal Chapter 41 Of Title 44 Relating To Abortion.

Reproductive Health Rights Act

Rep. Elizabeth Wetmore [D]	Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]	Rep. Jermaine Johnson [D]	Rep. John King [D]
Sen. Deon Tedder [D]	Rep. Lonnie Hosey [D]	Rep. Beth Bernstein [D]	Rep. Kambrell Garvin [D]
Rep. Terry Alexander [D]	Rep. Justin Bamberg [D]	Rep. Wendy Brawley [D]	Rep. Chandra Dillard [D]
Rep. Christopher Hart [D]	Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers [D]	Rep. Joseph Jefferson [D]	Rep. Kimberly Johnson [D]
Rep. Krystle Matthews [D]	Rep. Marvin Pendarvis [D]	Rep. Michael Rivers [D]	Rep. Leola Robinson-Simpson [D]
Rep. Seth Rose [D]	Rep. Leonidas Stavrinakis [D]	Rep. Robert Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-31	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2022-08-31	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	71	48	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	49	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	47	37	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	32	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5483&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/5483_20220831.htm