State leaders threatened to pull nearly $4 million in funding, while advocacy groups urged leaders to maintain protections ...

Columbia Councilman Howard Duvall reiterated his support for the ban in a statement Feb. 17, saying the city made the right decision in not subjecting youth to "the abuse of conversion therapy." News ...

South Carolina’s Attorney General Alan Wilson issued an opinion Wednesday that Columbia’s conversion therapy ban would likely be found unconstitutional by court Rob Thompson online@thestate ...

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 has taken first step toward repealing a ban on conversion therapy meant to protect LGBTQ+ youth. Members of city council voted 4-3 Tuesday in favor of removing the ban.

Conservative state leaders want Columbia to repeal the ban on conversion therapy within the city limits passed in 2021, and are threatening legal action and millions of state dollars if they don ...

A federal judge in 2019 threw out a lawsuit challenging Maryland’s ban on the practice of conversion therapy on minors. Reach Stephen Fastenau at 803-365-3235. Follow him on Twitter ...

South Carolina’s Alan Wilson, the conservative attorney general being eyed for governor’s race, demands Columbia repeal a ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy.

SC Equality speaks out on conversion therapy ban repeal Columbia City Council repeals its conversion therapy ban following state pressure. To stream WLTX 19 on your phone, you need the WLTX 19 app.

TAYLORS, S.C. (WIS) - While “conversion therapy” is rarely the phrase now used to describe attempts to change or modify someone’s sexual orientation, it’s happening in South Carolina, one ...

The Columbia SC City Council passed an ordinance which prohibits professional therapists from practicing conversion therapy on children in the LGBTQ community.

Council members for the City of Columbia voted on Tuesday to ban conversion therapy in the city. The council voted 4-3 to approve the ordinance, NBC affiliate WCNC reports .