South Carolina Senate Bill 25 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
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]

Enact The "south Carolina Pain-capable Unborn Child Protection Act", To Provide Findings Of The General Assembly, To Define Necessary Terms, To Provide That A Physician Shall Calculate The Probable Post-fertilization Age Of An Unborn Child Before Performing Or Inducing An Abortion, To Provide That An Abortion May Not Be Performed If The Probable Post-fertilization Age Of The Unborn Child Is Twenty Or More Weeks With Limited Exceptions, To Require Physicians To File Reports With The Department Of Health And Environmental Control After Performing An Abortion And Establish Penalties For The Failure To Report, To Require The Department Of Health And Environmental Control To Promulgate Regulations Addressing Reporting Requirements And Annually To Issue A Public Report Providing A Statistical Analysis Of Abortion Data Reported By Physicians, To Establish Criminal Penalties For Physicians Failing To Make A Determination Of A Probable Post-fertilization Age Of An Unborn Child Before Performing Or Inducing An Abortion, To Create A Cause Of Action For Certain Women Upon Whom Abortions Are Performed And Certain Fathers Of Aborted Unborn Children And To Provide For The Right To Seek Injunctive Relief, And To Provide The Act Does Not Implicitly Or Otherwise Repeal Another Provision Of Law.

S.C. Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]

Sen. Kevin Bryant [R]

Sen. Danny Verdin [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

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Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0025&session=121&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/25_20141203.htm