COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) - A South Carolina Senate subcommittee met Wednesday to hear testimony on Senate Bill 323, officially titled the Unborn Child Protection Act, which seeks to overhaul the state’s abortion laws by banning nearly all abortions except in cases of medical emergencies.

Introduced in January, the bill would redefine terms like “abortifacient,” “contraception,” and “human embryo,” while removing or changing existing definitions such as “fatal fetal anomaly” and “gestational sac.” It would also eliminate current legal exceptions that allow abortion in cases of rape or incest. The proposed law, if passed as is, would also increase the documentation required of physicians and introduce the risk of civil lawsuits or criminal charges for noncompliance.

Hundreds of people from ac

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