Maine and South Carolina are at the center of debates over legislation that would allow courts to intervene in cases where parents prevent their children from undergoing sex-change surgeries or receiving gender-affirming healthcare. Maine Democrats are pushing a bill that would permit courts to assume 'temporary jurisdiction' over a child to ensure access to gender-affirming healthcare, while South Carolina's House voted to ban healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures to anyone under 18. The South Carolina House initially voted against criminalizing doctors who provide sex change procedures to children, but later reversed the decision after pressure from the @SCFreedomCaucus. These developments have sparked outrage and debates in both states, with strong reactions from community leaders and lawmakers.
South Carolina House votes to ban gender transitions for anyone under 18 The state House voted 82-23 in favor of H.4624, which Republicans dubbed the "Help Not Harm" bill. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/DlnlFgrURO
In June, South Carolina lawmakers banned @MUSCHealth from using state funds to provide hormone therapy to transgender youth under 16. MUSC initially said internally that the ban wouldn’t impact care. Then @ElonMusk tweeted. https://t.co/novUD8ne2i
This State Will Take Kids Away If Parents Refuse to Allow Them to Undergo Transgender Treatments https://t.co/rWl2ETclva
BREAKING: South Carolina House has voted to ban healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures to anyone who isn’t at least 18 years old.
Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would permit courts to assume "temporary jurisdiction" over a child to ensure he or she can obtain "gender-affirming healthcare." https://t.co/MssUSZq3J9
“In a state where…we turned down federal money to feed kids over the summer… We're sitting here…not minding our business about people's genitalia.” — Missouri State Rep. Jamie Johnson (D) slams a bill that would allow health care workers to deny people gender-affirming care https://t.co/mBlLo2K9km
South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Missouri panel sees similar bills https://t.co/4Y4cQuz4Ft https://t.co/0qe8wEUhX4
Less than two hours after Riley's tweet and pressure from the @SCFreedomCaucus, the South Carolina Republicans that voted against making chemical castration of minors a felony came to their senses and the amendment just passed. https://t.co/ICU7sUL1XF
63 Republicans in the South Carolina House just voted to kill an amendment that would criminalize doctors who chemically and/or surgically castrate minors. SIXTY THREE. No, this isnt in California...its in South Carolina which has a Republican supermajority Primary them all. https://t.co/uHl7jNr5uY
Hey South Carolina. Your "Republican supermajority" in the state House just voted to table amendments to revoke the licenses and put criminal penalties on doctors for giving sex change procedures to children. The most pathetic RINO in the House @MicahCaskey naturally led…
Hey South Carolina. Your House of Reps is supermajority Republican. Yet a majority of Democrats and Republicans just voted to table amendments to revoke the licenses of doctors and give them criminal penalties for giving sex change procedures to children. The most pathetic…
Maine pushes to become 'transgender safe haven' where minors can receive sex-change surgery and can't be returned to their parents - as outraged community leaders try to slow efforts https://t.co/MtbrJfjqyC https://t.co/agQIqtk1pA
Maine Democrats push bill that would allow state to seize kids from parents preventing them from getting sex-change surgeries https://t.co/U2wNgKDazW https://t.co/fJpff1FtmJ