South Carolina Citizens for Life

id O257

Right-to-life group SC Affiliate of National Right to Life Committee (inferred)

Organization type
Right-to-life group
State
SC
Country
United States
Parent organization
National Right to Life Committee (inferred)
Letters signed
4
Named signers
2
Active on letters
2022–2025

§ 1 Letters signed

4 letters, 2022–2025, oldest first. The last column shows who signed for the organization on that letter, with the title and organization name exactly as printed.

DateLetterScoreSigned as
May 12, 2022 Joint Open Letter to State Lawmakers: Criminalizing Women Who Have Abortions Is Not Pro-LifeCoalition letter · Criminal liability for women who obtain abortionsExplicit opposition 9 / 12 Lisa Van Riper, President
Holly Gatling, Executive Director
Mar 2023 South Carolina Citizens for Life opposition to the Prenatal Equal Protection ActSingle-organization statement · State equal-protection billExplicit opposition 8 / 12 Holly Gatling, Executive Director
Mar 26, 2025 Letter from 150+ pro-life leaders urging Congress to defund Big Abortion through reconciliationCoalition letter · Planned Parenthood / Medicaid fundingBy implication 3 / 12 Organization only
Oct 2025 South Carolina Citizens for Life and Palmetto Family Alliance opposition to S.323 (Unborn Child Protection Act / equal protection)Single-organization statement · State equal-protection billExplicit opposition 9 / 12 Lisa Van Riper, President

§ 2 Scoring profile

Derived from the letters above — a description of what this organization put its name to, not a rating of the organization itself.

Letters signed

4

Mean composite

7.3 of 12

Fault-line letters

3 scored D2 or D4 ≥ 1

By shortfall type

3 explicit opposition · 1 by implication

§ 3 People who signed for this organization

PersonTitles as printedLetters
Holly Gatling Executive Director 2
Lisa Van Riper President 2

§ 4 Affiliated organizations

Linked to National Right to Life Committee by naming pattern — inferred from the name, not verified against an affiliation list.

Editorial note Organization type, state and parent organization are heuristics for filtering, not authoritative registrations. State Right-to-Life and Citizens-for-Life bodies are linked to the National Right to Life Committee by naming pattern — inferred, not verified. The rubric records distance from the standard published by Abolitionists Rising, not a moral verdict; every organization scored here regards itself as pro-life.