“South
Dakota’s kids are our future. With this legislation, we are protecting
kids from harmful, permanent medical procedures. I will always stand up
for the next generation of South Dakotans,” said Noem.
According
to the new law, “a healthcare professional may not, for the purpose of
attempting to alter the appearance of, or to validate a minor's
perception of, the minor’s sex, if that appearance or perception is
inconsistent with the minor's sex.”
This means that a medical professional may not:
(1)“Prescribe or administer any drug to delay or stop normal puberty;
(2) Prescribe or administer testosterone, estrogen, or progesterone, in amounts greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of the same age and sex;
(3) Perform any sterilizing surgery, including castration, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, penectomy, and vasectomy;
(4) Perform any surgery that artificially constructs tissue having the appearance of genitalia differing from the minor's sex, including metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty; or
(5) Remove any healthy or non-diseased body part or tissue.”
