S 0457 General Bill, By Bright, Grooms, Bryant, Williams, Reese, Shealy, Turner, S. Martin, Jackson, Bennett, Hayes, Gregory, Corbin, Hembree, Young, McGill, Massey, Fair, Verdin, Cromer, O'Dell and Davis
Similar (S 0083, H 3323, H 3584)
Summary: Personhood Act of South Carolina
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 1, TO ENACT THE "PERSONHOOD ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA" WHICH ESTABLISHES THAT THE RIGHT TO LIFE FOR EACH BORN AND PREBORN HUMAN BEING VESTS AT FERTILIZATION, AND THAT THE RIGHTS OF DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION, GUARANTEED BY ARTICLE I, SECTION 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE, VEST AT FERTILIZATION FOR EACH BORN AND PREBORN HUMAN BEING.
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02/28/13	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 3)
02/28/13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 3)
04/29/13	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Hutto, Gregory, Allen, Hembree