The bill, if enforced, would prohibit gender-affirming care for minors, such as surgical procedures or the use of certain hormones
, and calls for healthcare providers to terminate or set a timeline to end treatment for patients already undergoing such care. The emotional debate over gender-affirming care for transgender students has become a political flashpoint – especially among conservatives – at a time legislators across the country are advancing measures to restrict LGBTQ rights. Senate Bill 150 has been delivered to the office of Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat who has expressed his opposition to the measure.
“If we’re going to protect children, we need to ensure that surgery or drugs that completely alter their life and alter their body is not something we should be allowing until they are adults who could choose that for themselves. This is the right thing to do for these children.
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