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John,
This is urgent.
There is a bill on the floor in the state capital here in South Dakota that aims to criminalize medical care for transgender youth, and the extremists behind it are moving fast to get it passed in the Republican controlled legislature.
Young kids and teens; our neighbors, students, and children are being targeted by this draconian bill that would make it a Class 4 felony to provide medical treatment to support gender transition for any transgender minor. This reckless piece of legislation, known as HB 1057, would put doctors in jail simply for providing accepted medical standards of care to young people trying to live as their authentic selves.
HB 1057, introduced by Rep. Fred Deutsch (R-SD), displays a fundamental ignorance about medical treatment for transgender youth. Being a kid is hard enough. Denying best-practice medical care and support to transgender youth can be life-threatening.
We won’t stand by as young trans people are discriminated against in this way. Help us make the voices of this vulnerable community heard, before it’s too late.
Reach out to your legislators in the House and Senate and tell them that doctors and patients, not politicians, should make medical decisions.
In Solidarity,
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Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
NCTE Action Fund
Deputy Executive Director of Policy & Action |
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