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H. 3766
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Viers and Delleney
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Introduced in the House on March 21, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Abortion
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/21/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-53 3/21/2007 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-53
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 44-41-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PREREQUISITES FOR PERFORMANCE TO ABORTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, AN ABORTION MAY NOT BE PERFORMED SOONER THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE WOMAN RECEIVES THE WRITTEN MATERIALS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE WOMAN'S RIGHT TO KNOW ACT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-41-330(C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(C) Except in the case of a medical emergency, no abortion may be performed sooner than one hour twenty-four hours after the woman receives the written materials and certifies this fact to the physician or the physician's agent."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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