South Carolina Governor Signs Bill Banning Gender Transition Procedures on Minors

Gov. Henry McMaster said that he signed the bill to protect South Carolina children from ‘irreversible gender transition procedures.’

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster holds up a copy of the Constitution while speaking at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party in in Columbia, S.C., on Aug. 5, 2023. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Tuesday signed into law a bill that would prohibit health care professionals from performing gender transition procedures on minors in the state.

Mr. McMaster said he believes that the “Help Not Harm” bill, or H4624, would “protect our state’s children from irreversible gender transition procedures and ban public funds from being used for them.”