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S. 988 - known as a "trigger law" because it bans all abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned or modified. The only exception is to prevent the death of a pregnant person. There is no exception to preserve health. An abortion would only be allowed if death is imminent.  

This bill also declares a fertilized egg to be a person, with all rights and protections as a living, breathing human. This section is the same as "personhood" bills we've debated in the past. IUDs and some birth control bills would be considered illegal because they prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. It would make IVF virtually impossible. As a fertility specialist testified at a hearing on the "personhood" bill, there isn't a freezer large enough to preserve all the fertilized eggs they need to try for one successful pregnancy. And if there is a power shortage causing eggs to be destroyed, would that doctor be charged with murder?

There is no exception for rape and incest victims in this bill. They would be forced to carry a pregnancy to term or travel out of state for an abortion.   

S. 907 - is known as the "abortion reversal" bill. The anti-abortion group has made this bill their priority. It would require doctors to tell abortion patients who receive a medication abortion that they can reverse the medication they've taken. There is no scientific evidence of this. In fact, a medical study on this proved to be so dangerous for those participating in the study that it had to be stopped.

Half of all abortions in SC today are performed through medication. The first medicine is provided by a doctor at a health center or abortion clinic. The second medication is given to the patient to take at home. It is extremely safe. This bill would require doctors and other health care professionals to provide patients with unproven, unscientific medical misinformation about stopping an abortion already in process. Legislators shouldn't play doctor.