ADVOCACY

South Carolina, it's time to pick up the phone again!

A second hearing on S.323 is scheduled for Monday, November 18, at 2 PM in Room 308 of the Gressette Building on the State House grounds.

S.323 is an almost total ban on abortion, identifying it as the crime of homicide, punishable by up to 30 years in prison for anyone having or helping with an abortion. There are no exceptions for rape, incest, or fatal fetal anomalies.

This bill would give the State control over every pregnancy – and every pregnant person – in South Carolina. It would also:

• Restrict the use of birth control by redefining what counts as a legal “contraceptive”

• Limit access to IVF by defining a “human embryo” as a fertilized egg or zygote

• Make it unlawful to possess any drug or substance that could be used for abortion

• Criminalize providing information about abortion, even via a website or phone call

Tell lawmakers to reject S.323 and protect your freedom to make personal health care decisions.

In addition to your Senator, contact members of the Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee:
Verdin (Chair) – (803) 212-6250
Cash – (803) 212-6124
Corbin – (803) 212-6100
Fernandez – (803) 212-6024
Garrett – (803) 212-6016
Hutto – (803) 534-5218
Martin – (803) 212-6420
Sabb – (803) 212-6056
Tedder – (803) 212-6132
Zell – (803) 212-6040

UPCOMING EVENTS

Port Royal Council Election

Voting at the County Elections Office at 15 John Galt Rd in Beaufort.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

In a unanimous 5-0 decision, the Court ruled that partisan gerrymandering is a "nonjusticiable political question." In short, the Court said it cannot decide the issue, leaving the problem of partisan gerrymandering to the state legislature, the same body that gerrymandered the Congressional districts in the first place. 

OUR RESPONSE:  The League of Women Voters of South Carolina is disappointed that the South Carolina judiciary has held itself unable to protect the foundations of representative democracy in our state, said Lynn Teague, vice president at the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. Partisan gerrymandering is an attack on our most fundamental right as citizens, the right to vote. But the League of Women Voters of South Carolina will not stop fighting for fair redistricting. If a constitutional amendment is needed to protect voters, the people of South Carolina must demand that amendment.

WHAT'S NEXT:  We will not stop fighting for fair redistricting. If a constitutional amendment is needed to protect voters, the people of South Carolina must demand that amendment!

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