Well Done S. Carolina!

South Carolina becomes latest state to ban gender transition surgeries, hormones for minors. 

Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, May 22, 2024

South Carolina became the latest state to ban hormonal and surgical gender transition interventions for minors, as the total number of states prohibiting the performance of life-altering procedures on youth with gender dysphoria has risen above two dozen.

On Tuesday, South Carolina’s Republican Gov. Henry McMaster announced in an X post that he “signed the Help Not Harm bill into law, which protects our state’s children from irreversible gender transition procedures and bans public funds from being used for them.” McMaster indicated he intended to join “legislators and supporters at a ceremonial bill signing in the Upstate next week.”

The measure, formally known as House Bill 4624, declares that “A physician, mental health provider, or other health care professional shall not knowingly provide gender transition procedures to a person under eighteen years of age.” It defines “gender transition procedures” as “puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, or genital or nongenital gender reassignment surgery.”