South Carolina Senate Bill 96 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-13 - 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]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2015-01-13	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2014-12-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2014-12-03	Senate	Prefiled

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=0096&session=121&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/96_20141203.htm