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Yes: the condition is equivalent to : any straight line through $p$ intersects $S$ in a segment whose midpoint is $p$, that is the convex is center-symmetric. $$*$$

Details: Assume $p=0\in\mathbb{C}$ and let $H _ +$ and $H _ -$ be resp. the upper and lower half-planes. Consider the difference of the areas of the two halves of $S$ cut by a rotating line: $$\delta(\alpha):=\operatorname {Area}(S\cap e^{i\alpha}H _ +) - \operatorname {Area}(S\cap e^{i\alpha}H _ -) $$ The derivative of this quantity wrto $\alpha$ is $$\delta'(\alpha)=\frac{1}{2}\operatorname {Length}(S\cap e^{i\alpha}\mathbb{R} _ -) - \frac{1}{2}\operatorname {Length}(S\cap e^{i\alpha}\mathbb{R} _ +), $$ as it immediately follows writing the areas as integrals in polar coordinates. In particular, $\delta(\alpha)$ is constant iff $p$ is the midpoint of $S\cap e^{i\alpha}\mathbb{R}$.

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