H 5310  General Bill, By G.R.Smith, Yow, Trantham, McCravy, Gilliam, Haddon, 
Magnuson, Burns, Long, Chumley, Nutt, May, Dabney, Hiott, W.Cox, Daning, 
Elliott, Morgan and Willis
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 53-3-265 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR AS
 THE "DAY OF TEARS" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

   04/28/22  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 17)
   04/28/22  House  Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
                     Resolutions (House Journal-page 17)
   05/09/22         Scrivener's error corrected

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-265 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR AS THE "DAY OF TEARS" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, it is altogether fitting and proper to recognize January twenty-second of each year as the "Day of Tears" in South Carolina in memory of all of the lives lost to abortion; and

Whereas, on January 22, 1973, the majority of the members of the United States Supreme Court erroneously ruled that abortion was a right secured by the Constitution of the United States of America; and

Whereas, since that ill-fated day, over sixty-one million (61,000,000) preborn children in the United States have perished. Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Chapter 3, Title 53 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 53-3-265.    The twenty-second day of January of each year is designated as 'Day of Tears' in South Carolina."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.