The bill follows a Republican blatantly untrue narrative that children are being forced to transition against their will.
Republicans want to let unsupportive parents sue doctors who treat their transgender children
A group of Republican senators has introduced a bill that would deny federal funds to any gender-affirming medical care for transgender individuals. The bill would also allow anyone who received such care (and their parents) to sue the medical professionals who provided it. But the bill is based on a misleading and transphobic view of how gender-affirming care actually works.
The so-called “Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2022” would give individuals who were given puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy, and surgical procedures — and their parents — up to 30 years after the age of 18 to sue the medical professionals who administered the care.
The bill would also make it so that neither federal dollars nor federal laws could compel medical practitioners to offer such care.
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