LIMITATIONS ON LIMITATIONS ON GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GENDER AFFIRMING CARE

HOUSE BILL 808

House Bill 808 would make it illegal for doctors to perform gender-affirming surgery on minors. While the most harmful provisions of this bill — ones that blocked trans youth from accessing critical health care services, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy have been removed, this bill relies on misinformation about transgender health care and serves only to stir up transphobic rhetoric.

Additionally, legislators added an amendment banning state funding for any “gender transition procedures,” which could prevent trans youth from accessing broader gender-affirming health care if they have state-funded insurance.