Becker's Healthcare January 9, 2023
As legislative sessions begin in early 2023, lawmakers in 11 states have introduced more than two dozen bills to restrict access to transgender and gender-nonconforming healthcare, USA Today reported Jan. 9.
The bills have been proposed in Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia.
Many of the bills not only target gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-nonconforming youths, but also care for LGBTQ adults from age 21 to age 26, according to USA Today.
A bill proposed in Oklahoma would prohibit a physician or other healthcare professional from providing gender transition procedures to an individual under age 26. A bill proposed in South Carolina would prohibit a person younger than 21 from...