Tucker Carlson is Wrong Kristi Noeme is Right

I've noticed a bit of a pile on with regard to Kristi Noeme's approach to keeping biological men out of women's sports. Tucker is completely wrong on this one.

Here's the link to the statement on the SD state government page. Followed by the actual words on that page. https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27826

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Noem announced the “Defend Title IX Now” Coalition to defend fairness in women’s sports.

“Today, we’re announcing a coalition of athletes, leaders, and anyone who cares about defending fairness in women’s sports,” said Governor Kristi Noem. “Once we have enough states on board – a coalition large enough where the NCAA could not possibly punish us all – then we will be able to guarantee fairness at the collegiate level.”

Governor Noem was joined by former NFL players Herschel Walker and Jack Brewer, by rodeo cowboys, and by several women athletes to announce the launch of the Coalition.

Those interested in joining the Coalition are encouraged to sign a pledge stating:

Only girls should play girls’ sports. Title IX was passed to protect fairness for women;
The federal government should enforce Title IX in a way that protects fairness for women’s sports, rather than misusing it in a way that undermines fairness;
The NCAA and other athletic sanctioning bodies should not take any adverse action against any state or school that acts to protect fairness for women.

To sign the pledge and to find more information on the Coalition, visit DefendTitleIXnow.com

The other Bill Kristi Noem supposedly killed was H.B. 1057. Here is an article regarding that and below that is an explanation of how it really died. It was in the senate not on Kristi Noem's desk!

https://roguerocket.com/2020/01/28/south-dakota-doctors/

Here's how the bill really died.
https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/politics-public-policy/hb-1057-has-failed/

Republican Representative Fred Deutsch is the prime sponsor of House Bill 1057. Similar bills are appearing in other states across the country. He says he’s been working on this bill since last spring when he found stories on the internet of people regretting their transition as a minor. He amended the bill several times from its original form.

In front of a packed committee, Senate President Pro Tempore Brock Greenfield carried the bill in the Senate. He says the bill’s aim is to protect youth.

“We’re being asked to allow the doctors to practice and irreversible and permanent practice that will render children, those who undergo the surgery—it will render them sterile for the rest of their lives,” Greenfield says.

But Sanford Health officials say those kinds of procedures for minors are not within the standards of care. They say it’s an unnecessary bill. Senate Health and Human Services committee agreed. The bill failed on a vote of 5 to 2.

Quinncy Parke is a 17-year-old who identifies as non-binary. This bill sought to prevent treatment that helps people like Quinncy manage puberty. They testified against the bill. They say it’s hard to explain gender dysphoria -- the distress from a mismatch between gender identity and sex assigned at birth.

“You think ‘Am I alone? Am I fighting a battle I’m fated to lost?’ This demon grows like an infection. Eventually, it will corrupt everything you see and you will think everything you are is wrong,” Parke says. “When you learn that there are others like you and ways to fight this darkness, it gives you hope.”

Over the course of the bill’s lifespan, the penalty for performing several listed procedures reduced from a felony down to a civil penalty. It would have allowed those unhappy with their gender affirming surgery… and who received that care as a minor… to bring a lawsuit up until the age of 38.

Opponents call that move a radical change to the medical malpractice statute. Malpractice protections are already in state law.