By Minami Funakoshi and Disha Raychaudhuri (Reuters) - Lawmakers in 37 U.S. states have introduced at least 142 bills to restrict gender-affirming ...
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Donna Campbell, a Republican Texas state senator and one of the sponsors of SB14, said in April after the legislation passed that it aims to"protect Texas children from harmful, medically unnecessary gender modification treatments." The World Professional Association for Transgender Health , a global body of doctors and other experts specialized in treating trans and gender-diverse people, emphasizes the need for comprehensive assessments of an adolescent's medical and mental health history to determine whether their gender-affirming care should include medical interventions.
Many Republican legislators say they want to protect the rights of parents in raising their children and to uphold their religious beliefs, while Democrats say conservatives are undermining public education and targeting vulnerable groups and women's rights. The law was partially blocked by a federal judge on June 16 following a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four trans minors, their parents and an Indiana physician who provides gender-affirming care. The only part now in effect is the ban on gender-transition surgeries for minors.
Supporters of these bills say they are protecting children who are too young to understand the health impacts of such care. The Endocrine Society, a global medical organization devoted to hormone research, says in its guideline for treating gender dysphoria that most adolescents have"sufficient mental capacity to give informed consent" to hormone therapy by age 16.
3 bills directly ban trans people from undergoing gender-affirming care: One bill bans trans children under 18 from undergoing gender-affirming care. Two bills — one in Oklahoma and one in South Carolina — ban trans people under 21 from undergoing such care. 27 result in a felony charge: These bills would criminalize providing, assisting, or undergoing gender-affirming care. Twenty of them carry sentences ranging from four years to life.MULTIPLE RESTRICTIONS
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