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SC S0045

SC S0045
Abortion Constitutional Amendment


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Introduced
01/10/2023
In Committee
01/10/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/09/2024

Introduced Session

125th General Assembly

Bill Summary

A joint Resolution proposing an amendment to article I of the Constitution of SOuth Carolina, relating to the declaration of rights, by adding Section 26, SO AS to recognize that sections 3 and 10 of article I provide for a right of bodily integrity and autonomy that includes a limited right to an abortion and to authorize the general assembly to provide by law for the regulation of abortion, including when a clinically diagnosable pregnancy may be terminated and whether state funding may be used to terminate a clinically DIAGNOSABLE pregnancy.

AI Summary

This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to South Carolina's Constitution to recognize that existing rights to bodily integrity and autonomy, found in Sections 3 and 10 of Article I, include a limited right to abortion. If approved, the General Assembly, which is the state's legislative body, would be authorized to create laws that regulate abortions, specifying when a pregnancy that can be medically diagnosed can be terminated and whether state money can be used for such procedures. This amendment would be put to a vote of the people at the next general election.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Scrivener's error corrected (on 07/27/2023)

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