House Passes Gender Care Ban
WASHINGTON– The House of Representatives passed legislation addressing gender-affirming care by a vote of 216-211. Representatives Eli Crane (R-AZ) and Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) raised concerns about minors' access to gender-affirming surgical procedures under healthcare coverage
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced the Protect Children's Innocence Act, the first bill introduced alongside Rep. Dan Crenshaw's (R-TX) H.R. 498, both aimed at restricting certain medical care for minors and banning Medicaid funding for such procedures.
Additionally, Greene proposed legislation that would impose up to a 10-year prison sentence for those convicted of providing gender-affirming medical care to people under the age of 18.
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