![]() The Human Rights Campaign criticized Indiana lawmakers for introducing a bill banning gender-affirming care and said it was “another example of extremist politicians using their power to marginalize LGBTQ+ people, especially transgender youth.” Hutchinson, a Republican, said he vetoed a bill banning gender-affirming care because it put “a very vulnerable population in a more difficult position.” Beshear said after vetoing a bill banning gender-affirming care that the bill would “cause an increase in suicide among Kentucky’s youth” and could “endanger the children of Kentucky.” After the state legislature approved a bill that would provide state funding for gender-affirming care, Gov. The American Medical Association said, “decisions about medical care belong within the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship.” In 2018, the American Academy of Pediatrics said transgender youth experience “disproportionately high” rates of homelessness, physical violence, substance abuse and are often subjected to harassment. Several politicians and medical organizations have pushed back against attempts to ban gender-affirming care, arguing treatment is often necessary because transgender children face higher rates of depression and suicide. David Meade (R), speaker pro tempore of Kentucky’s House, said a ban was necessary in order to “ensure” that gender-affirming care “is not something we should be allowing until they are adults.” Contra Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she wanted to introduce legislation that would block federal funding for gender-affirming services because “the Republican Party has a duty” to “be the party that protects children.” Ivey said in a statement she supported a bill prohibiting gender-affirming care in Alabama because “if the Good Lord made you a boy, you are a boy, and if he made you a girl, you are a girl.” Reynolds supported a bill because “we need to just pause” to better understand how gender-affirming care affects children. Ron DeSantis (R) has referred to gender-affirming care as “an example of woke ideology infecting medical practice.” Rep. ![]() Chief CriticĮarlier this year, former President Donald Trump said he would assign federal agencies to “stop” healthcare providers from giving gender-affirming care-which he said was “child abuse” and “child sexual mutilation”-for minors if he was re-elected. That’s how many kids aged 13 to 17 identify as transgender, according to estimates from UCLA’s Williams Institute, of which nearly 27% are estimated to live in states that have banned gender-affirming care. ![]() ApArkansas became the first state to outlaw gender-affirming care for minors after the state legislature voted to override a veto by then Gov.
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