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A note from ACLU SC Executive Director Jace Woodrum about Anti-LGBTQ legislation targeting transgender youth and their families

The third installment of the State House Dispatch includes events, updates, ways to take action, and resources for learning more about the issues being considered in the legislature.  

The second installment of the State House Dispatch includes events, updates, ways to take action, and resources for learning more about the issues being considered in the legislature.  

The current session of the General Assembly began about one month ago, and things are...happening. So, we are trying something new—a weekly roundup of civil liberties news from the State House and resources to help you understand the issues and then take action. 

Keep tabs on state legislative attacks against LGBTQ people with the ACLU's nationwide tracking system.

We’re poised to fight back against state legislative efforts to control our bodies and limit access to essential health care.

US District Court ruled that South Carolina’s first congressional district is racially gerrymandered and must be redrawn.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has struck down the state’s six week abortion ban, ruling in favor of the Plaintiff in Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. South Carolina.

It seems to be a new trend among our elected policymakers — take books off shelves, ask questions later — or never. What we must remind them is that this is unconstitutional.