❗️Following rePro-Truth's coverage, anti-abortion group backtracks endorsement of prosecuting women

This is why independent journalism matters

This week, rePro-Truth revealed that Students for Life of America (SFLA)—through its dark money arm SFLAction—has become the first major, mainstream “pro-life” group since the fall of Roe v. Wade to publicly endorse a bill explicitly criminalizing pregnant people for abortion.

Thanks to rePro-Truth's coverage, SFLA has publicly reversed its support for the portions of the bill that criminalize women.

Yesterday evening, Lane Koch, Vice President of SFLAaction, announced that the organization would withdraw its support of the South Carolina bill (S.1095) if the Senate committe fails to strip criminal penalties for pregnant people from the bill.

SFLAction also urged its supporters to contact Medical Affairs Chair, Sen. Danny Verdin, to tell him to “remove[] prosecution language against women immediately.”

This is a small, but significant win.

It shows that—despite being far outmatched by the money and influence of Goliathan groups who seek to control every aspect of our most intimate lives—we are not without power.

Although Koch and SFLAction both sidestepped the organization's true support for prosecuting people for their private healthcare decisions, they backtracked in the aftermath of accurate reporting exposing this support.

They blinked.

This is why independent reporting is so important.

This is why you and the pressure you are able to exert in the public and political arena, when armed with knowledge and truth, are so important.

Together, we make change.

Unfortunately, this does not mean that the bill won't pass. In fact, it's already moving forward. 👀 Be on the lookout for rePro-Truth’s upcoming breakdown on what else is in this horrible bill.