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   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse on Thursday   
   gave their final approval to legislation criminalizing adults who help   
   minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, clearing   
   the way for the first-in-the-nation proposal to be sent to Gov. Bill Lee’s   
   desk for his signature.   
      
   The bill mirrors almost the same language from a so-called “anti-abortion   
   trafficking” proposal Tennessee Republican lawmakers approved just a day   
   prior. In that version, supporters are hoping to stop adults from helping   
   young people obtain abortions without permission from their parents or   
   guardians.   
      
   Lee, a Republican, hasn’t publicly commented on either bill but supporters   
   are confident the governor will sign them into law. Lee eagerly approved   
   both the state’s sweeping abortion ban and the state’s ban on gender-   
   affirming care for children. He has also never issued a veto during his   
   time as governor.   
      
   While the Republican supermajority touted the proposed statutes necessary   
   to protect parental rights, critics warned about the possible broad   
   application. Violations could range from talking to an adolescent about a   
   website on where to find care to helping that young person travel to   
   another state with looser restrictions on gender-affirming care services.   
      
   According to the Human Rights Campaign, Tennessee has enacted more anti-   
   LGBTQ+ laws more than any other state since 2015, identifying more than 20   
   bills that advanced out of the Legislature over the past few months.   
      
   This includes sending Gov. Lee a bill to ban spending state money on   
   hormone therapy or sex reassignment procedures for inmates — though it   
   would not apply to state inmates currently receiving hormone therapy — and   
   requiring public school employees to out transgender students to their   
   parents.   
      
   Tennessee Republicans also passed a measure that would allow LGBTQ+ foster   
   children to be placed with families that hold anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs. Lee   
   signed the bill into law earlier this month.   
      
   “Tennessee lawmakers are on the verge of enacting more than twice as many   
   anti-LGBTQ+ laws as any other state, a staggering assault on their own   
   constituents,” Human Rights Campaign Senior Director of Legal Policy   
   Cathryn Oakley said in a statement.   
      
   https://fox5sandiego.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-tennessee-lawmakers-ok-   
   bill-criminalizing-adults-who-help-minors-receive-gender-affirming-care/   
      
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