COLUMBIA — Legislation banning transition-related treatments for transgender youth in South Carolina could be one vote away from becoming law. Senators approved the bill 27-8 on Thursday, returning it to the House with just three legislative days left in the session. If the GOP-dominated House agrees with the Senate’s changes, the legislation will go to […] The post Ban on hormone therapy for minors could soon be SC law. Transgender advocates vow to keep fighting. appeared first on SC Daily Gaze
The South Carolina Senate on Thursday approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors after supporters defeated efforts to only ban treatments that would be considered irreversible. "It’s rooted in creation; it’s rooted in the creator and those who opposed that are opposing in some sense the nature of creation itself.”
Plans to build apartments next to Edisto Memorial Gardens took a step forward on Thursday, although Orangeburg’s mayor says council is generally not comfortable with the project.
The Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children has released its 2024 Annual Report. The report includes topics of concern identified by committee members, stakeholders, partners and constituents. It makes