S.C. enacts ban on gender transition procedures for minors w

(OSV News) -- Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law a bill May 21 banning the provision or performance of gender transition procedures on minors by medical professionals with some exceptions.

House Bill 4624, sometimes called the 'Help Not Harm' bill, prohibits health care providers in the state from performing certain types of hormonal or surgical gender reassignments on persons under 18. The bill does include an exemption for providing minors 'appropriate medical servi

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