South Carolina Senate Bill 98 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-11 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Relating To Definitions Concerning Abortions, To Remove Certain Definitions; To Amend Chapter 41, Title 44, Relating To Abortions, By Adding Section 44-41-15, To Provide Findings Concerning Fetal Pain, Fetal Viability, And An Assertion Of The State's Compelling Interest In Protecting The Lives Of Viable Unborn Children; To Amend Section 44-41-20, Relating To When An Abortion May Legally Be Performed, To Provide That Abortions Performed Prior To The End Of Twenty-two Weeks After Conception Require A Woman's Informed Consent, And That No Abortions May Be Performed After Twenty-two Weeks After Conception Unless The Woman Has A Medical Condition Which, On The Basis Of The Physician's Good Faith Judgment, So Complicates A Pregnancy As To Necessitate An Immediate Abortion To Avert The Risk Of Her Death Or For Which A Delay Will Create Serious Risk Of Substantial And Irreversible Impairment Of Major Bodily Function; To Amend Section 44-41-320, Relating To Definitions Concerning A Woman's Informed Consent To An Abortion, To Define Necessary Terms; To Amend Section 44-41-330, Relating To A Woman's Informed Consent To An Abortion, To Provide That A Woman Choosing An Abortion Is Informed Concerning Fetal Pain; And To Amend Section 44-41-340, Relating To Information That Must Be Provided To A Woman Prior To An Abortion, To Provide That The Information Must Include Material Concerning Fetal Pain.

Abortion

Sen. Michael Fair [R]

Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]

Sen. Danny Verdin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-11		Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2011-01-11		Introduced and read first time
2010-12-01		Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2010-12-01		Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
44	41	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	15	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	320	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	330	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	340	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0098&session=119&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/98_20101201.htm