anti-trans bill

Republican-pushed bills are seeking to deny minors access to hormone therapy and puberty blockers. Both are treatments that have been vetted and peer-reviewed by mainstream medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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A third of trans youth are at risk of losing gender-affirming care, study says

7:29pm March 21, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Fifteen states have enacted or are currently considering laws that would restrict medical treatments to more than 58,000 transgender youth.

Legal experts say so-called bounty hunter bills, including the Missouri measure that would let people sue anyone they suspect of helping a resident get an abortion in another state, are most certainly unconstitutional, with little chance of withstanding l

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Can states limit abortion and gender-affirming treatments outside their borders?

3:01pm March 15, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Building on SB 8 in Texas, some Republican lawmakers are trying a new strategy: pushing bills that would attempt to limit what residents can and can't do even beyond state lines.