South Carolina

Action Alert: Contact South Carolina Senators

First published on May 7, 2018 • Last updated on May 28, 2019

South Carolina’s expensive and discriminatory H.3775 is headed for a Senate vote. Contact senators and ask them to vote No.

What This Bad Bill Does

First published on April 30, 2018 • Last updated on November 20, 2019

The bill will shift the law in South Carolina and give birthparents silent veto rights over an adoptee’s original birth certificate—typically not allowing release, if at all, until well after 2030.

South Carolina

First published on March 10, 2017 • Last updated on May 17, 2023

Adoptee rights and South Carolina law, with a focus on original birth certificates, court records, descendants, and adult adoption.