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From: science@texas.com
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The News
Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, signed a bill on Friday to
ban hormone and puberty blocking treatments, as well as surgeries, for
transgender minors.
Set to go into effect on Sept. 1, the measure would make Texas the largest
state to ban transition medical care for people under 18.
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The bill would prohibit a doctor from performing mastectomies or surgeries
that would sterilize a minor or remove otherwise healthy tissue or body
parts, and from prescribing drugs that would induce transient or permanent
infertility.
Why It Matters: Texas has one of the largest transgender populations in
the country.
According to estimates from the Williams Institute, a research center that
reports on the demographics of L.G.B.T.Q. people, nearly 30,000
transgender people ages 13 to 17 live in Texas, making it one of the
states with the largest populations of transgender youth.
The measure signed by Mr. Abbott, known as Senate Bill 14, drew protests
from transgender Texans and their supporters at the Capitol before it was
passed by the Legislature last month. Opponents condemned the measure as a
politicized assault on transgender people. Supporters of the Texas
legislation have called the treatments “mutilation.”
There is a debate among medical professionals about the age at which
adolescents should have access to these treatments. But leading medical
groups in the United States, including the American Academy of Pediatrics,
say this care should be available to minors and oppose legislative bans.
Background: The ban continues a wave of conservative legislation limiting
transgender rights.
The law reflects an effort in Texas and in much of the country by
Republican elected leaders to restrict transgender rights. The cause has
become an animating issue for social conservatives who seek to rally
voters and raise money.
Since April 2021, when Arkansas became the first state to outlaw
transition-related medical treatment for minors, more than a dozen other
states have passed bills or policies seeking to prohibit what doctors call
gender-affirming care.
Republican officials in some states have also been trying to restrict
health care for trans adults, in some cases attempting to bar care for
younger adults or by imposing restrictions on Medicaid coverage.
In Texas, officials had taken other steps to try to prevent transgender
children from accessing medical transition care. Last year, Mr. Abbott
directed the state’s child protective agency to investigate parents for
child abuse if their children received such treatment. Some Texas families
fled the state as a result, even as the investigations were being
challenged in court.
What’s Next: Some uncertainties remain.
According to the bill, minors already receiving prescribed medical
treatment would be able “over a period of time and in a manner that is
safe and medically appropriate” to “wean” themselves off the medication.
But it was not clear whether doctors would feel comfortable continuing to
offer that care.
The bill gave enforcement authority to the state’s attorney general. When
the state Legislature approved the bill last month, that position was held
by Ken Paxton. But the next week, the state’s House of Representatives
voted to impeach him. Mr. Abbott named John Scott, a longtime ally and a
former Texas secretary of state, as an interim replacement while Mr.
Paxton awaited his impeachment trial in the Senate.
The law is likely to face legal challenges in the three months before it
is scheduled to go into effect.
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