While I Breathe

Author: ACLU of South Carolina

While I Breathe I Hope. Its the state motto of South Carolina. Its about surviving and fighting and overcoming despair. While I Breathe is a wide-ranging program from the ACLU of South Carolina about the most important civil rights and civil liberties issues of our time. We feature interviews with people living and working on the front lines. We'll learn a few things and get to work building the state we deserve.
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17: A Total Abortion Ban
Wednesday, 12 November, 2025

A total abortion ban is advancing in the South Carolina legislature. On today’s episode, we’re breaking down Senate Bill 323, which would equate abortion with homicide. Our guests are Courtney Thomas (Advocacy Director, ACLU of South Carolina) and Vicki Ringer (Director of Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic). Send a message to your lawmakers using this form: https://www.aclusc.org/323 Learn more about S. 323 here: https://www.aclusc.org/legislation/total-abortion-ban-s-323/ Music on this episode is by Daft Hartley. The audio you hear at the beginning and end of the episode is from Courtney’s speech on the State House steps on October 1, the day of the first hearing on S. 323. The video is pinned on our Instagram page @aclusc: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPY6R_ljml2/