COLUMBIA, S.C., June 18 -- The South Carolina Attorney General issued the following news release:

JUN 18, 2026

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) -Attorney General Alan Wilson recently joined a 20-state friend-of-the-court brief in support of the First Amendment right of the Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford, Illinois, at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

The PCC of Rockford holds to a traditional Christian teaching on human life and sexuality and expect their employees to uphold those teachings. But the Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits ministries from refusing to hire individuals based on their "reproductive health decisions."

"The right of pro-life organizations to hire consistent with their worldview is common sense," Attorney General Wilson sa...