There is a dangerous misperception afoot in South Carolina that HIV is no longer a threat and we have the situation under control. By not acknowledging the huge problem of HIV in our state, we are putting our children – and ourselves – at risk.
South Carolina’s HIV and AIDS rates place our state in the [...]
South Carolina’s reproductive policies have an especially large impact on minority women. The discrepancies between African American and Latina women’s health, compared to White women, are growing. This pattern has a direct effect on the overall well being of women in South Carolina.
Teen pregnancy rates are higher among minority women in South Carolina compared than [...]
South Carolina statistics read like a laundry list of reproductive health problems. We currently have the 3rd highest rates of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in the country, and 9th highest rates of AIDS cases. In fact the Centers for Disease Control has called South Carolina one of the Top 10 HIV “hot spots” in the country.
