Columbia City Council faces backlash for moving to repeal South Carolina’s only conversion therapy ban, raising concerns for LGBTQ rights and home rule.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said he does not plan to veto a measure that would threaten funding to cities with bans on conversion therapy. “I know there are a lot ...

Nineteen states, including South Carolina, have no state laws or policies regulating conversion therapy, which has led hundreds of U.S. municipalities, including Columbia, to ban it for minors.

South Carolina State Representative Ways and Means Chairman Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville, and State Representative Rep. Leon Stavrinakis, D-Charleston, speak as house members debate amendments to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Columbia City Council voted Tuesday to take a step toward repealing the city’s ban on conversion therapy. The city voted 4-3 on a first reading to strike down the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Columbia City Council will once again take up an ordinance that would thrown out the city's ban on conversion therapy for minors. The city released an agenda for the Tuesday ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After weeks of heated debate, the Columbia City Council on Tuesday night voted 4–3 to repeal a local ordinance banning conversion therapy for minors. The decision followed a ...

Wilson argued the city’s conversion therapy ordinance violated state and federal law, and he enlisted the South Carolina Legislature to introduce a provision that would strip Columbia of $3.7 ...

More than half of US states ban the discredited and harmful practice of conversion therapy for gay people. But former ...

Nineteen states, including South Carolina, have no state laws or policies regulating conversion therapy, which has led hundreds of U.S. municipalities, including Columbia, to ban it for minors.