---
title: "South Carolina Citizens for Life"
description: "South Carolina Citizens for Life (Right-to-life group, SC) signed 4 letters in the dataset, mean composite 7.3 of 12."
type: "letter-organization"
org_id: "O257"
org_type: "Right-to-life group"
state: "SC"
country: "US"
parent: "National Right to Life Committee"
parent_inferred: true
letter_count: 4
signer_count: 2
active_years: "2022–2025"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/orgs/o257.html"
---

# South Carolina Citizens for Life

**Right-to-life group** · SC · 4 letters · affiliate of [National Right to Life Committee](o074.md) (inferred)

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Organization ID | O257 |
| Organization type | Right-to-life group |
| State | SC |
| Country | United States |
| Parent organization | [National Right to Life Committee](o074.md) (inferred from the name) |
| Letters signed | 4 |
| Named signers | 2 |
| Active on letters | 2022–2025 |

## Letters signed

Oldest first. "Signed as" shows who signed for the organization on that letter, with title and organization name as printed.

| Date | Letter | Shortfall | Score | Signed as |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 12, 2022 | [Joint Open Letter to State Lawmakers: Criminalizing Women Who Have Abortions Is Not Pro-Life](../../letters/pl-2022-001.md) | Explicit opposition | 9 / 12 | [Lisa Van Riper](../../letters/people/i0515.md), President; [Holly Gatling](../../letters/people/i0516.md), Executive Director |
| Mar 2023 | [South Carolina Citizens for Life opposition to the Prenatal Equal Protection Act](../../letters/pl-2023-001.md) | Explicit opposition | 8 / 12 | [Holly Gatling](../../letters/people/i0516.md), Executive Director |
| Mar 26, 2025 | [Letter from 150+ pro-life leaders urging Congress to defund Big Abortion through reconciliation](../../letters/pl-2025-001.md) | By 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)](../../letters/pl-2025-003.md) | Explicit opposition | 9 / 12 | [Lisa Van Riper](../../letters/people/i0515.md), President |

## 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 (D2 or D4 ≥ 1): 3
- By shortfall type: 3 explicit opposition, 1 by implication

## People who signed for this organization

| Person | Titles as printed | Letters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Holly Gatling](../../letters/people/i0516.md) | Executive Director | 2 |
| [Lisa Van Riper](../../letters/people/i0515.md) | President | 2 |

## Affiliated organizations

Linked to [National Right to Life Committee](o074.md) 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.