South Carolina’s Senate approves bill outlawing medical care for transgender youth

More efforts to legalize anti-LGBTQIA efforts in the “land of the free”.

In South Carolina in the US of A, the Senate approved via 28:8 vote a House bill that eyes to outlaw medical care for transgender youth. It now heads back to the House that will consider the Senate amendments to the bill.

The anti-LGBTQIA bill specifically eyes to:

• eliminate the use of puberty-blocking drugs, hormone therapy, and gender reassignment surgery for those under 18
• allow puberty-blocking drugs for minors diagnosed with conditions like precocious puberty or endometriosis who use puberty blockers as treatment
• ban the South Carolina Medicaid Program from providing coverage for minors and adults

The rightwing-helmed Senate’s version also wants to require public school principals and vice principals to out transgender students. Particularly, these school officials will be mandated by law to inform parents if a child reported identifying as a different gender from their assigned sex at birth, or if they desire to use different pronouns.

If passed into law, South Carolina will become the 25^th American state to outlaw medical care for transgender youth.