The South Carolina General Assembly convened on January 8, 2013. The following is a list of proposed bills that we are closely tracking this legislative session. Remind your legislators to protect women's health this session and stop pushing extreme attacks on women's health. Click here to send them an email right now with just a few clicks of the mouse! Questions? Contact Sloane Whelan, SC Director of Public Affairs at sloane.whelan@pphs.org for more information.
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H 3236 |
Contingent on full federal and state funds; permits the State Department of Health and Environmental Control to 1) offer the cervical cancer vaccination series to students enrolling in the seventh grade of any public or private school in SC and 2) develop an informational brochure related to the vaccine for each school district to distribute to parents and guardians. |
Representative Sellers |
Referred to House Committee on Medical, Military, Public, and Municipal Affairs; Passed unanimously out of subcommittee 3/5/13. Passed full committee 3/19/13. This bill is currently on the House Floor Calendar waiting for debate. |
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H. 3435 |
Amends the Comprehensive Health Education Act to require that health and reproductive education is taught by a trained professional in the field and the curricula be medically accurate and age appropriate, require the state school board to provide a standard curriculum for all school districts use, and to require local school district reporting and compliance requirements. |
Representative Skelton |
Referred to House Committee on Education and Public Works. 4/17/13 subcommittee hearing held. No vote taken. Bill remains in subcommittee. |
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S. 83, S. 87, and H.3323 are the exact same bill as S. 83 and S.87. Establishes full legal personhood at the moment of fertilization, threatening access to legal abortion, contraception, and in vitro fertilization. |
S. 83 & S. 87: Senator Bright (R-12-Spartanburg) H. 3323 Representative Barfield |
S. 83 & S. 87: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. 4/29/13 S. 83 assigned to subcommittee. H 3323 referred to House Committee on Judiciary. No movement. H. 3323: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary; no movement |
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H. 3584 and S. 457 are the exact same bill and are similar to S. 87, S. 83 and H. 3323 however the language is slightly different. They still establish full legal personhood at the moment of fertilization, threatening access to legal abortion, contraception, and in vitro fertilization. |
S. 457: Senator Bright H. 3584: Representative Putnam (R-10-Anderson) |
H. 3584: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary; no movement. S. 457: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. 4/29/13 assigned to Subcommittee. |
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S. 204 |
Requires all physicians who provide abortions in SC to be board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and be the woman’s attending physician with admitting and staff privileges at a local certified hospital. |
Senators Bright (R-12-Spartanburg) and Bryant (R-3-Anderson) |
Referred to Senate Committee on Medical Affairs. 4/24/13 Subcommittee held and voted 3-12 to carry the bill over which means the bill has effectively died this legislative session. |
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This bill bans abortion at twelve weeks post conception with the detection of a fetal heartbeat. Additionally, this bill mandates that an ultrasound must be performed before an abortion and upon completion of the ultrasound the woman must be provided written information about the ultrasound. This bill makes exceptions for rape, incest, life endangerment and medical emergencies. |
Senator Bright (R-12-Spartanburg) and 7 others. |
4/16/13 Referred to Senate Committee on Medical Affairs. |
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Bans abortion after 20 weeks post-conception based on the premise that a fetus can feel pain at that point; requires that biased and medically inaccurate information on fetal pain be included in informed consent information. This bill makes exceptions for rape, incest, and medical emergencies.
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Senator Bright (R-12-Spartanburg |
4/16/13 Referred to Senate Committee on Medical Affairs. |
