Extreme abortion bans pending in SC Senate

Extreme abortion bans pending in SC Senate

Action Alert
Time Range For Action Alert: 
Apr 07 2026 to May 15 2026
 
Several extreme abortion bans are now pending in the South Carolina Senate. The most recent of these is S.1095, which may be heard in subcommittee very soon.
 

What is S.1095? 

S.1095 combines the extreme criminalization of abortion that we saw last fall in the failed total abortion ban S.323 with the restrictions on medications used in abortion that are embedded in H. 4760, which has been sent from the House to the Senate.
 
S.1095 is a near total abortion ban that would remove existing exceptions for rape and incest, limit access to medication abortion, and increase penalties for providing abortion care.
 
It would replace the medical and moral judgment of those who are pregnant with that of ideologically extreme legislators. 
 
 

The asks

1. Call your Senator and and ask them to vote no on all extreme abortion bans including S.1095. Personal calls from constituents are the most effective means of influencing legislators! You may find the click and call link provided by Planned Parenthood handy. 
 
2. Share this action alert with friends and family members.
 

Talking points 

  • Everyone deserves to make their own decisions about their health care and their future. Politicians should not interfere with anyone’s medical decisions.
  • Health care workers should be able to deliver the medically accepted standard of care without fearing legal prosecution. They should not have to fear that a jury would find their assessment of “imminent threat” or “emergency” insufficient. This uncertainty in other states has already led to maternal deaths. 
  • Our First Amendment right to free speech includes information about abortion. Sharing information about abortion cannot be criminalized, whether it comes from a health care provider or other person. 
  • Lawmakers should be fighting FOR our freedoms, not against them. 

More information

Issues referenced by this action alert: 
Individual Liberties