South Carolina Senate Bill 29

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-08 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 140 To Title 44 Of The South Carolina Code, To Provide That A Woman May Have An Abortion Prior To The Viability Of Her Embryo Or Fetus, To Provide For The Circumstances In Which A Woman May Have An Abortion After The Viability Of Her Fetus, To Provide For The Process Through Which A Minor May Have An Abortion, To Provide That Assistive Reproductive Technologies And Contraceptives Shall Be Available In South Carolina, To Provide That Pregnant Women Are Entitled To Quality Prenatal And Postnatal Healthcare, And To Expand Medicaid To Facilitate The Delivery Of Quality Prenatal And Postnatal Healthcare; By Amending Section 40-47-37, Relating To Practice Of Telemedicine Requirements, So As To Permit Doctors To Prescribe Abortion Inducing Drugs Via Telemedicine; By Adding Section 38-71-48 So As To Provide That Health Insurance Policies That Provide Pregnancy And Child Birth Coverage Must Also Offer Coverage For Abortions And Related Services And Medical Procedures Intended To Permanently Prevent Pregnancy Including, But Not Limited To, Tubal Ligation, Hysterectomy, And Vasectomy; By Adding Section 38-71-49 So As To Provide That Health Insurance Policies Must Offer Coverage For Assistive Reproductive Technologies; To Amend Section 59-32-10(2) Of The South Carolina Code To Provide That Reproductive Health Education Means Age Appropriate, Unbiased, Comprehensive, And Medically Accurate Instruction, And To Further Provide That Abstinence Education Can Be Taught But Not Taught As The Primary Or Only Way To Prevent Pregnancy; To Amend 59-32-10(4) Of The South Carolina Code To Provide That Abstinence From Sex Before Marriage Can Be Encouraged As A Way To Prevent Pregnancy; And To Repeal Chapter 41, Title 44 Of The South Carolina Code, Relating To Abortion.

Reproductive Rights

Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-08		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2023-01-10	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2022-11-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2022-11-30	Senate	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	71	48	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	49	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	47	37	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	32	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0029&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/29_20223011.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/29_20221130.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/29_20230208.htm