National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund

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.

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In Solidarity,

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
NCTE Action Fund 
Deputy Executive Director of Policy & Action




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