House set to vote on bills to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Theresa Gaffney is the lead Morning Rounds writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy, with a particular interest in mental health, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQ+ patient communities. You can reach Theresa on Signal at theresagaff.97.Republicans in Congress are making a renewed push before the end of the year to pass major federal restrictions to gender-affirming care for trans minors.
On Wednesday, by a vote of 216 to 211, the House passed a bill that aims to prohibit doctors from providing any gender-affirming care to minors by amending an existing statute on female genital mutilation. It’s the first time a ban on this care has reached Congress. First introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), the bill refers to treatments like surgery and hormone therapy as “genital or bodily mutilation” and “chemical castration.”
It’s one of two bills focused on restricting pediatric gender-affirming care that the House plans to consider this week, before lawmakers depart for their holiday break.
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