Bill > S0623

Introduced Session

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.

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Lee Bright (R)*,  Kevin Bryant (R),  Ronnie Cromer (R),  Michael Fair (R),  Larry Grooms (R),  Shane Martin (R),  Katrina Shealy (R),  Danny Verdin (R), 

Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (on 04/16/2013)

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