COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Inside the State House lawmakers began a debate on two new abortion bills. Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 14, 2026, members of a House Judiciary Subcommittee met to discuss the ‘Prenatal Equal Protection Act’ which would ban abortion at any point and classify it as h omicide. The second measure would make it a crime in South Carolina to use abortion-inducing drugs. Current South Carolina law bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Categories: News Tags: House Judiciary Subcommittee, SC abortion law, SC Statehouse, South Carolina ...read more read less