South Carolina To Ban Medical Treatments for Trans Kids
South Carolina legislators introduced a bill that would ban a variety of medical treatments for trans children.
The Youth Gender Reassignment Prevention Act will prohibit doctors from performing any “gender reassignment medical treatment” on kids under 18 years old.
This bill is not just about surgery which is anyway uncommon for people under 18. It will ban hormones and puberty blockers, “a reversible treatment that stops the physical changes associated with puberty. And it would prohibit doctors from performing interventions to alleviate symptoms of clinically significant distress resulting from gender dysphoria, or conflict between a person’s assigned gender and their gender identity,” ‘Vox’ reports.
Another problem with this bill is that it is so broad that it is likely to also ban “interventions” such as allowing a kid to dress in accordance with their gender identity. ““It does seem to basically say you can’t be you,” Colleen Condor, board president of the South Carolina LGBT+ rights group Alliance for Full Acceptance, said.
The bill has an exception allowing “behavioral health care services, such as mental health counseling” for gender dysphoria.
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