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By Lilly Oppelt | Oct. 1A collection of signs in support of abortion rights lie on the ground at the South Carolina State Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025.
A collection of signs in support of abortion rights lie on the ground at the South Carolina State Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025.
Protestors against Senate Bill 323 wave signs supporting legal abortion at the South Carolina State Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025. They are dressed as Handmaids from Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel "The Handmaid’s Tale."
A protestor against Senate Bill 323 holds a sign that says “WE WONT GO BACK” at the South Carolina State Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025. Senate Bill 323 includes a total ban on abortion and would redefine the legal meaning of contraception.
Protestors against Senate Bill 323 wave signs in support of abortion rights at the South Carolina State Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025. Their signs also voice support for the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Protestors in support of abortion rights surround a small group of counter-protestors who are for the outlawing of abortion at the South Carolina State Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025.
People wait in line to speak in front of the Senate Subcommittee of the Medical Affairs Committee about Senate Bill 323 at the South Carolina State Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025. If approved by the committee, the bill would still need to go through the House and Senate and be signed by the Governor to become law.