Bill > S0083

This bill, titled the "Personhood Act of South Carolina," proposes to add a new article to state law establishing that the fundamental right to life, as well as the constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law, apply to every human being from the moment of fertilization, whether born or preborn. Due process refers to the legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights owed to a person, and equal protection means that no one should be denied the same rights and protections under the law as others. This legislation aims to extend these constitutional protections to fertilized human eggs, recognizing them as persons with inherent rights from that point forward.