A rash of bills introduced in at least 20 states would limit trans youth’s access to gender-affirming care — and opponents say they echo some of the arguments anti-abortion groups put forth about women’s safety as they attempted to shut down clinics
would limit trans youth’s access to gender-affirming care — and opponents say they echo some of the arguments anti-abortion groups put forth about women’s safety as they attempted to shut down clinics.
“It’s the same cast of characters,” Elizabeth Nash, a policy expert at the Guttmacher Institute, which studies reproductive health and rights. “Religious groups, conservative think tanks, a host of organizations … they are seeking to limit human rights and bodily autonomy.” “I would expect next year state legislatures to be full of these bills," said Louise Melling, director of the ACLU's Center for Liberty which includes programs on reproductive rights and LGBTQ programs. “The same kinds of bills are proposed, and with new variations, in efforts to see what will stick.”
“The primary concern here is the health and well-being of Alabama’s children,” the bill’s sponsor, Shay Shelnutt,when the legislation passed the state Senate. “We must protect vulnerable minors who do not have the mental capacity to make life-altering decisions of this caliber.” Levine and other physicians versed in gender-affirming care say the drugs are only given to youths approaching the onset of puberty, after appropriate mental health counseling, and often at specialized clinics or children’s hospitals.
“You can turn it off, basically,” he added, explaining that the drugs delay puberty but if the medication is stopped, the physical changes that are part of puberty resume, corresponding to the sex assigned at birth.
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