Lawmakers in at least eight states used the last two months of 2022 to prefile anti-transgender bills ahead of state legislative sessions convening this month.
that would ban physicians from administering any gender-affirming care to transgender adults who are under 26 years old and ban them from referring their patients to receive such care. The legislation also aims to keep gender-affirming care from being covered through the state’s Medicaid program. Such a prohibition has precedent, as multiple statesDoctors found guilty under Oklahoma’s proposed bill, if it became law, would be guilty of a felony for administering medical care to adults.
“We haven’t seen these types of bills in previous years. This is a startling new evolution of what these bills can be,” said Vivian Topping, director of advocacy and civic engagement of the Equality Federation.a bill setting terms on the use of names and pronouns. Like the bill in Arizona, it effectively asks school adults to misgender trans and nonbinary students by default until informed otherwise by a parent.
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