Posted on 02/11/2020 2:31:11 PM PST by Coronal
The South Dakota Legislature on Monday effectively killed House Bill 1057, which sought to block physicians in the state from providing puberty blockers and gender confirmation surgery to transgender children under 16.
By a 5-2 vote, the state Senate Health and Human Services Committee sent the bill “to the 41st day,” which means a bill has been effectively killed because the state’s part-time Legislature has only 40 working days.
"It's gone," Quinncy Parke, 17, who is transgender and testified against the bill, told The Associated Press. “I don’t have to worry about it until next year.”
The ACLU of South Dakota, which had led the fight against the bill, cheered its apparent demise.
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Yay! The mutilation of children continues! Doctors can still play along with their mental illnesses!
Another blow to normalcy.
You really can’t count on SD.
Go after these tyrants. Confront them directly and make them defend their decision.
South Dakota’s “Republicans” are famous for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Sounds like “Republicans” in most states these days. We need to find and elect better Republicans.
“We need to find and elect better Republicans...”
There’s a big bunch of Navy SEALS (conservatives) running for various offices.
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