— A state House committee voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in South Dakota. “Gender-affirming care is part of comprehensive primary care,” said Daniel Heinemann, chief officer of Sanford Health and chair of South Dakota’s American Academy of Family Physicians. “Family physicians are deeply concerned by the growing trend of recent legislative …
— The Montana House on Wednesday endorsed a bill that would limit gender affirming health care for transgender youth, a limit that doctors say already exists in best practices. The bill by Republican Rep. John Fuller of Whitefish, which would prohibit surgical procedures for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors, was endorsed 59-40 on second reading. Fuller’s motion to …
