US EditionSC House Advances Bill Classifying Abortion Pills as Schedule IV Drugs
The bill criminalizes possession without prescription, imposes prison up to 50 years for harms involving minors, and restricts online and out-of-state sales, passing 81-31 in South Carolina House.
- On Wednesday, the South Carolina House of Representatives advanced H.4760 on second reading, passing it 81–31 to target mifepristone and misoprostol, as supporters claim it will stop mail-order abortion drugs.
- The measure would require prescriptions for those drugs, bar online and out‑of‑state medication providers, and impose felony penalties and civil liability for distribution and possession under H.4760.
- A legislator defended the bill, citing deadly delays, while opponents highlighted the safety, nonaddictiveness, and medical uses of mifepristone and misoprostol.
- The House was expected to hold a final vote tomorrow before sending it to the Senate, but its path remains uncertain due to concerns from some state senators and the need for approval by the Senate and Gov. Henry McMaster.
- Republican backers said the measure aligns with state pro‑life goals, with Jordan Pace urging the Senate to strengthen it and close loopholes amid South Carolina's contested post‑Roe legal landscape.
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S.C. House passes restrictive measure on abortion pills
MORNING HEADLINES | It’s a familiar hot-button-issue dance in an election year: Republicans in the General Assembly again are pushing for even more restrictions on an annual bogeyman, abortion. The post S.C. House passes restrictive measure on abortion pills appeared first on Charleston City Paper.
SC House advances bill classifying abortion pills as Schedule IV drugs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – A bill that would further restrict abortion access in South Carolina now classifies two commonly used abortion medications as Schedule IV controlled substances. The South Carolina House on Wednesday approved an amendment that would add mifepristone and misoprostol to the Schedule IV list and establish criminal penalties for possessing the drugs. [...]
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Legislation approved Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2026, by the South Carolina House would classify mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV drugs, making possession legal only by prescription. (Photo by Carl Lokko/Getty Images)COLUMBIA — The House approved legislation Wednesday designed to strengthen South Carolina’s existing ban on mailing drugs that cause an abortion, which Democrats said went too far but an uber-conservative faction of the chamber’s…
South Carolina House Passes Bill to Stop Mail-Order Abortions
After more than five hours of debate Wednesday, the South Carolina House gave overwhelming approval to H. 4760, the bill to stop mail-order abortion drugs from flooding into South Carolina and circumventing existing state laws that protect unborn children and their mothers. By a vote of 81–31, largely along party lines, the House advanced the bill on second reading — a significant procedural step that typically signals likely passage on third re…
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