South Carolina Panel Passes Pro-Life Bill to Stop Mail-Order Abortion Drugs

By a vote Wednesday of 3-2 along party lines, the bill H. 4760 to regulate abortion-inducing drugs advanced from the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee to the full S.C. House Judiciary Committee.

The proposed law elevates abortion-inducing drugs from “prescription only” (such as antibiotics) to a “scheduled drug” (drugs with a high potential for abuse) and establishes criminal and civil penalties for unlawfully mailing, dispensing, and providing women with an abortion-inducing drug.

Under...