Kansas Governor Vetoes Bills to Ban Sex Changes for Minors, Coerced Abortions
Some Republican lawmakers have already indicated they will try to override the vetoes.
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Finnish Study: Transgender Surgeries for Minors Do Not Solve Mental-Health Issues
According to the researchers, suicide was rare among adolescents who sought psychiatric help within the time frame analyzed in the study, regardless of whether they received transgender drugs or surgeries.
Missouri Transgender Clinic Halts Treatment for Minors as New Law Goes Into Effect
The law expires on Aug. 28, 2027, and also prohibits transgender adults from access to transgender health care under Medicaid, and bars ‘gender-affirming’ surgery for prisoners and inmates.
Texas Supreme Court Lets Ban on Sex Changes for Minors Go Into Effect Sept. 1
Doctors who violate the law will have their medical license revoked. The law also grants the attorney general’s office the authority to bring action against any person who violates the new policy.
Study: Patients Aged 12-18 Account for 8% of Transgender Surgeries
“I suspect the numbers are actually much larger than this,” Richards added. “We just can’t track it all.”
Utah Bans Transgender Surgery for Minors and Places Hold on Hormone Drugs
The bill was passed nearly along party lines, with Republicans supporting it and Democrats opposing it. The new legislation was signed into law by Gov. Spencer Cox.
Federal Judge Rules: Maryland Catholic Hospital Discriminated by Denying Transgender Surgery
A federal judge has ruled against a Catholic-founded hospital in Maryland, contending that it discriminated in refusing to perform a hysterectomy on a woman who was pursuing a purported gender transition.
Emails Raise Questions About Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Transgender Surgeries on Minors
A doctor said she was not aware of any medical studies in 2017 that supported the irreversible surgeries a hospital clinic had been performing on minors, public records show.
Would Proposed Biden Rule Force Doctors to Perform Transgender Surgeries and Abortions?
The action would reverse Trump-era conscience protections which sought to allow medical professionals to opt out of performing procedures against their beliefs.
Judge Blocks HHS Rule Protecting Doctors Who Object to Transgender Surgery
In June 2020, the Trump administration finalized a rule removing the expansive definition of “sex” from section 1557 and requiring that non-discrimination protections be interpreted in line with First Amendment freedoms.
