{"id":280201,"date":"2021-03-22T07:30:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=280201"},"modified":"2021-03-22T07:30:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:30:43","slug":"democrat-lawmaker-pushes-back-on-his-party-after-outrage-over-bill-banning-trans-treatments-for-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawmaker-pushes-back-on-his-party-after-outrage-over-bill-banning-trans-treatments-for-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Lawmaker Pushes Back On His Party After Outrage Over Bill Banning Trans Treatments For Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-lawmaker-pushes-back-on-his-party-after-outrage-over-bill-banning-trans-treatments-for-minors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=280201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2604.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>South Carolina state Rep. Cezar McKnight (D-101) pushed back on far-left activists and his own party on Sunday after backlash over a bill he introduced banning minors from obtaining transgender reassignment surgery and treatments.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, called the \u201cSouth Carolina Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act,\u201d would ban minors from receiving treatments to delay puberty and any medical professional who violates the law would be charged with a felony and sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>After he introduced the bill earlier this month, McKnight was attacked online by far-left activists and even by his own party, the South Carolina Democratic Party (SCDP), who accused McKnight of \u201cbigotry\u201d for wanting to protect children. The bill was \u201cill-founded, unscientific, and apt to result in death and other negative outcomes for transgender citizens of all ages, and the South Carolina Democratic Party thus condemns this outrageous bill \u2013 and its Democratic supporters \u2013 in the strongest possible terms,\u201d the SCDP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/south-carolina-democrat-party-attacks-democrat-lawmaker-over-trans-bill-bigotry-will-find-no-quarter\">said<\/a> in a resolution condemning McKnight. \u201cBigotry will find no quarter among South Carolina Democrats, and those who embrace bigotry of any kind will face broad opposition and our most vigorous condemnation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKnight pushed back on the attacks, saying he has been stunned by the level of support that it has received. \u201cThanks so much for the love &amp; support I have received regarding H4047,\u201d McKnight wrote on Twitter. \u201cAt first I felt besieged and alone, I now see that people of all races, religions, politics and sexual orientations believe in protecting children at all cost. I WILL NOT BE BULLIED!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.546827794562\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks so much for the love &amp; support I have received regarding H4047. At first I felt besieged and alone, I now see that people of all races, religions, politics and sexual orientations believe in protecting children at all cost. I WILL NOT BE BULLIED! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/H4047?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#H4047<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/unboughtunbossed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#unboughtunbossed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cezar E. McKnight (@cezarmcknight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cezarmcknight\/status\/1373745658692308993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBlack Democrats tend to be more conservative than white progressives,\u201d McKnight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-introduces-bill-to-ban-minors-from-getting-transgender-reassignment-surgery-treatments\">told<\/a> Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard. \u201cI would not have ever put this bill forward if I didn\u2019t think the people in my district wouldn\u2019t be receptive, and they are. Pastors, young parents, older parents, they all tell me the same thing: if you want to do this, wait until you\u2019re 18.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill isn\u2019t anti-trans,\u201d McKnight said. \u201cI just don\u2019t think to make a sex change during the teen years is something someone should do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKnight\u2019s bill states in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"48\">\n<p><em>\u2026no person shall engage in, counsel, make a referral for, or cause any of the following practices to be performed upon a minor if the practice is performed for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of or affirm the minor\u2019s perception of the minor\u2019s gender or sex, if that perception is inconsistent with the minor\u2019s sex as defined in this chapter:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(1)&nbsp; &nbsp; prescribing, dispensing, administering, or otherwise supplying puberty-blocking medication to stop or delay normal puberty;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(2)&nbsp; &nbsp; prescribing, dispensing, administering, or otherwise supplying supraphysiologic doses of testosterone or other androgens to females;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(3)&nbsp; &nbsp; prescribing, dispensing, administering, or otherwise supplying supraphysiologic doses of estrogen to males;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(4)&nbsp; &nbsp; performing surgeries that sterilize, including castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, and penectomy;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(5)&nbsp; &nbsp; performing surgeries that artificially construct tissue with the appearance of genitalia that differs from the individual\u2019s sex, including metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty; or<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(6)&nbsp; &nbsp; removing any healthy or nondiseased body part or tissue.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recent polling from a left-leaning publication found that there is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/left-leaning-poll-there-is-broad-support-for-gop-push-to-ban-biological-males-from-female-athletics\">broad support<\/a>\u201d for similar measures that aim to protect girls from having to compete against biological males in sports.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina state Rep. 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