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Both chambers of the South Dakota legislature overwhelmingly voted to protect minors from gender transition procedures, sending the measure, House Bill 1080, to Governor Kristi Noem’s (R) desk on Thursday. Noem now faces intense pressure to sign the bill, which is similar to one her allies at the giant Sanford Health system successfully lobbied to kill during the previous legislative session.
H.B. 1080, styled “Help Not Harm” legislation, prevents a health care professional from administering puberty blockers, administering cross-sex hormones, or performing surgery “for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or to validate a minor’s perception of, the minor’s sex, if that appearance or perception is inconsistent with the minor’s sex.”
Bill supporters cited evidence from studies in Sweden and elsewhere showing that gender transition procedures did not solve the mental health issues associated with gender dysphoria, but exposed children to a range of harmful, physical side effects. Sweden embraced gender transitions long before the U.S., but after recognizing the possibility for harm from irreversible procedures, Sweden has since prohibited the performance of gender transition procedures on minors.....
Both chambers of the South Dakota legislature overwhelmingly voted to protect minors from gender transition procedures, sending the measure, House Bill 1080, to Governor Kristi Noem’s (R) desk on Thursday. Noem now faces intense pressure to sign the bill, which is similar to one her allies at the giant Sanford Health system successfully lobbied to kill during the previous legislative session.
H.B. 1080, styled “Help Not Harm” legislation, prevents a health care professional from administering puberty blockers, administering cross-sex hormones, or performing surgery “for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or to validate a minor’s perception of, the minor’s sex, if that appearance or perception is inconsistent with the minor’s sex.”
Bill supporters cited evidence from studies in Sweden and elsewhere showing that gender transition procedures did not solve the mental health issues associated with gender dysphoria, but exposed children to a range of harmful, physical side effects. Sweden embraced gender transitions long before the U.S., but after recognizing the possibility for harm from irreversible procedures, Sweden has since prohibited the performance of gender transition procedures on minors.....
