Alarm grows over impact of states banning trans youth treatment
Medical experts and LGBT advocates are sounding the alarm over the physical and mental health risks to the transgender community after at least 19 state legislatures, including Arkansas, have proposed or passed bills seeking to ban trans youth treatment.
Proponents of the bills have argued that the legislation is in place to protect children from making irreversible decisions about their bodies.
But earlier this week, doctors and LGBT organizations defended treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, and warned about a potential increased suicide rate among trans youth if such legislation is enacted.
Arkansas on Tuesday became the first state to pass a law prohibiting treatment for trans individuals younger than 18. The bill passed after the state legislature overrode Gov. Asa Hutchinson's (R) veto against the bill. The law does not address what happens to children who have already started trans treatment, which experts warned could be dangerous.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alarm-grows-over-impact-of-states-banning-trans-youth-treatment/ar-BB1fx50q
= new reply since forum marked as read
