South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
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The bill was changed in the Senate to allow mental health counselors to talk about banned treatments — and even suggest a place where they are legal. Doctors can also prescribe puberty blockers for some conditions for which they are prescribed such as when a child begins what is called precocious puberty — as young as age 4.
“Healthcare is a human right – and it breaks my heart to see lawmakers rip away life-affirming and often life-saving medical care from transgender youth in South Carolina. No one should be forced to leave their home state to access the care that they need and deserve," Uplift Outreach Center Executive Director Raymond Velazquez said in a statement after lawmakers passed the ban.
“If they want to make those decisions later when they’re adults, then that’s a different story, but we must protect our young people from irreversible decisions," the governor said.
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