Bill > H3549

Introduced Session

A bill to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by enacting the "South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023"; by adding sections 16-3-6, 16-3-105, 16-3-106, 16-3-107, and 16-3-108 so as to define "person" to include an unborn child at any stage of development and to ensure that an unborn child who is a victim of homicide is afforded equal protection under the homicide laws of the State, with exceptions; and by adding sections 16-3-760, 16-3-761, 16-3-762, and 16-3-763 so as to define "person" to include an unborn child at any stage of development and to ensure that an unborn child who is a victim of ASSAULT is afforded equal protection under the assault laws of the State, with exceptions.

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Robert Harris (R)*,  Thomas Beach (R),  Mike Burns (R),  Bill Chumley (R),  April Cromer (R),  Stewart Jones (R),  Jay Kilmartin (R),  Steven Long (R),  Josiah Magnuson (R),  Ryan McCabe (R),  Jordan Pace (R),  Ashley Trantham (R), 

Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: White (on 05/09/2023)

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