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The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It describes the structure and function of the state's government. The current constitution took effect on December 4, 1895. South Carolina has had six other constitutions, which were adopted in 1669, 1776, 1778, 1790, 1865 and 1868.
A South Carolina House vote Wednesday, tying together unrelated legislation, was allowed under House rules. But a local lawyer questions the legality of the action under the state constitution ...
In that same time period, Charleston County, South Carolina's third-most populous county, had issued 387 licenses to same-sex couples. The 2020 U.S. census showed that there were 7,810 married same-sex couple households (3,159 male couples and 4,651 female couples) and 6,565 unmarried same-sex couple households in South Carolina.
The number of abortion clinics in South Carolina has fluctuated over the years, with fifteen in 1982, eighteen in 1992 and three in 2014. There were 5,714 legal abortions in 2014, and 5,778 in 2015. 53% of South Carolina adults said in a poll that they support "a woman’s right to choose to have a safe and legal abortion," while 37% did not ...
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.
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that a ban on abortions after cardiac activity violates the state constitution's right to privacy. (AP Photo/James Pollard) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Tom Rice. Hugh Thompson Rice Jr. (born August 4, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 7th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. The district serves most of the northeastern corner of the state and includes Myrtle Beach, the Grand Strand, Florence, Cheraw, and Darlington.
The decision in South Carolina to uphold that state’s six-week abortion ban is a perfect reflection of an evolving Republican strategy on a political issue that will continue to plague the party ...