SC proposal doesn’t protect women and girls. It puts them at risk.

By: Katie Dattilio

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 650

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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South Carolina lawmakers say H. 4756, misleadingly titled the “Student Physical Privacy Act,” is about protecting women and girls. In reality, the bill does something much more specific, and much more extreme.

It takes an existing K-12 budget proviso that restricts bathroom and locker room access, puts a one-year law (that must be reapproved annually with the budget) into permanent code, expands it to colleges and universities, and adds a new …

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