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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSouth Dakota's HB 1057 Bill Targeting Trans Youth Effectively Dies in Senate Committee Vote
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/south-dakota-hb1057-bill-target-trans-youth-effectively-dies-senate-committee-voteA bill in the South Dakota legislature that originally sought to criminalize providing medical services to transgender youth died in a state senate committee on February 10, as reported by local ABC News affiliate KOTA TV. According to the local news station, a 5-2 vote sent the bill to its 41st day, and because the legislature only meets for 40 days, that means the bill is dead.
Republican state senator Helene Duhamel was among those who voted against the measure; she said, I struggle to see this as a South Dakota issue. It is rare in our state. It is a parent issue. As Teen Vogue reported last week, the bills main sponsor, Republican Fred Deutsch, had attended gatherings of the conservative legal organization the Heritage Foundation, which is part of a larger network of right-wing organizations involved in pushing for these legislative measures.
On social media, activists and organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of South Dakota celebrated the committees vote.
We just proved once again that trans people belong in South Dakota. When you show up, raise your voice, and demand better great things happen, the states ACLU wrote on Twitter.
Republican state senator Helene Duhamel was among those who voted against the measure; she said, I struggle to see this as a South Dakota issue. It is rare in our state. It is a parent issue. As Teen Vogue reported last week, the bills main sponsor, Republican Fred Deutsch, had attended gatherings of the conservative legal organization the Heritage Foundation, which is part of a larger network of right-wing organizations involved in pushing for these legislative measures.
On social media, activists and organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of South Dakota celebrated the committees vote.
We just proved once again that trans people belong in South Dakota. When you show up, raise your voice, and demand better great things happen, the states ACLU wrote on Twitter.
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South Dakota's HB 1057 Bill Targeting Trans Youth Effectively Dies in Senate Committee Vote (Original Post)
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2020
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WhiskeyGrinder
(22,151 posts)1. Kick -- this is big news, y'all.
TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)2. Surprising, but thankful for a sudden burst of reason.
No matter how brief.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,151 posts)3. Kick.
hunter
(38,264 posts)4. Another thread:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212975118
The teen vogue link was worthwhile.
Even here on DU there has been plenty of "misunderstanding" of this issue.
The teen vogue link was worthwhile.
"Though supporters claimed House Bill 1057 was aimed at protecting vulnerable youth, it was clearly fueled by a fear and misunderstanding of transgender South Dakotans," Libby Skarin, ACLU of South Dakota's policy director, said in a statement after the vote. "It's time we stop these attacks and the very real harm they cause to transgender youth across our state. Let this be a signal to the South Dakota Legislature that discrimination against a marginalized group is a distraction from the needs of the state and hurts us all."
Even here on DU there has been plenty of "misunderstanding" of this issue.