South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed a bill Monday banning gender-transition drugs and surgeries for minors, making hers the seventh state to crack down on such treatments amid a surge in the number of children’s gender clinics.
A half-dozen states have passed restrictions on performing gender-transition procedures on minors, most recently Utah, where Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a similar bill last month.Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, hailed Ms. Noem and South Dakota legislators for “acting to protect children in their state from this medical malpractice.”
He referred to Jamie Reed, a former caseworker at the Washington University Transgender Center in St. Louis, who accused the clinic last week of pushing hormones on children with little individualized screening and sometimes without parental consent. “They often leave young people sterile, with a variety of irreversible maladies and physical changes, and the deep pain of regret,” Ms. Leva said. “All this can happen before a child is even old enough to buy cough syrup over the counter.”
“We will never stop fighting for the right of trans youth to get the love, support, and care that every young person deserves,” the ACLU said. “As much as Governor Noem wants to force these young people to live a lie, we know they are strong enough to live their truth, and we will always fight for communities and policies that protect their freedom to do so.”
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