“Pro-life” is easy to say on a stage. It’s much harder to define in law when the questions get sharp: rape and incest, disability, medical prognosis, and whether the people involved in abortion should be treated as legally accountable or automatically immune. That’s why we sat down with Dr. Matt Clark, CEO of Personhood South Carolina, to talk plainly about personhood, equal protection, and what South Carolina voters should demand from candidates ahead of the governor runoff.

We walk through the personhood principle in simple terms: babies before birth must be treated the same way we treat babies after birth. From there, we test the logic against the exceptions politicians often defend. If the state would never allow the killing of a born child because of the circumstances of conception or because the child is sick, why do lawmakers treat those factors as “reasonable” exceptions for abortion? We also address a topic many leaders avoid: whether blanket immunity for mothers is compatible with justice for all, and how courts can still weigh coercion, threats, and other mitigating factors while keeping the law consistent.

Along the way we talk about South Carolina abortion legislation, the Unborn Child Protection Act (S 1095), the limits of the heartbeat law, and why campaign wording can get slippery right before an election. Our goal is not to trade in rumors, but to give you a clear set of questions to press directly onto the candidates so you can vote with a clean conscience and an informed mind.

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