Republican governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors, making those states the latest to restrict transgender health care as Republican-led legislatures continue to curb LGBTQ+ rights this year.
Wednesday that will prohibit transgender youth from accessing medication or surgeries that aid in transition, and mandating those currently taking medication to stop by the end of the year.Tuesday evening that criminalizes gender-affirming care for youth.
FILE - Protesters stand outside of the Senate chamber at the Indiana Statehouse on Feb. 22, 2023, in Indianapolis. Republican Governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors in early April 2023, making those states the latest to prohibit transgender health care this year.
Under the Indiana law that takes effect July 1, doctors who offer gender-affirming care to minors would be disciplined by a licensing board. And under the Idaho law set to go into effect next January, providing hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under age 18 would be a felony crime.
But opponents say such care is vital and often life-saving for trans kids, and medical providers say most of the procedures are reversible and safe. Transgender medical treatments for children and teens have also been available in the U.S. for more than a decade and are endorsed by major medical associations.
on Wednesday also overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a bill to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports from kindergarten through college.The Arkansas Senate also sent a bill Wednesday to Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders that would not allow schools to mandate its employees call transgender students by their preferred name or pronouns.
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