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Doctors vow to do no harm, but governors?

The mom told Insider the drive from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Minneapolis takes hours and forces her kid to miss school.

“As a doctor, it’s tough to hear that these legislators think they know better than I do how to take care of people,” Dr. Mayson Bedient said.

A trans doctor who is based in North Dakota is opening a clinic to provide a gender-affirming clinic for all LGBTQ+ people as state legislators push a bill banning the practice for minors in the state.

Kristi Noem announced her health secretary's resignation days after she discovered the health department contracted with a transgender group.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, directed her state Department of Health to terminate a contract with The Transformation Project, a transgender activist group that is hosting a “Gender Identity Summit” next month, after The Daily Signal drew the governor’s attention to the summit and the group.

Kristi Noem announced her health secretary's resignation days after she discovered the health department contracted with a transgender group.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem terminated her health department's contract with a transgender group after The Daily Signal contacted her.