US EditionHouse passes bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors
The House passed the Protect Children's Innocence Act criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors as a class C felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison, in a 216-211 vote.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for transgender minors, voting 216 to 211 with some bipartisan crossover.
- Greene last week secured floor consideration as part of a deal to drop her opposition to a key defense bill, framing the legislation as fulfilling promises to protect children.
- The legislation specifies criminal penalties by making physicians face up to 10 years in prison for providing gender-affirming care to minors, and parents could also be held liable.
- Civil rights groups and medical experts warned the vote could chill care nationwide, with Mike Zamore saying it `puts the threat of prosecution between hundreds of thousands of families and their doctors,` while three Democrats supported and four Republicans opposed the bill.
- A companion measure from Rep. Dan Crenshaw would prohibit federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors, with a House vote expected Thursday but uncertain Senate prospects.
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Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill
Rep. Sarah McBride (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Four House Republicans broke with the rest of the GOP conference and voted against a bill to criminalize providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth. While the bill still passed the lower chamber on Wednesday, with three Democrats voting in support of it, sources told NOTUS that Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress and a member of the Democratic whip team, spoke …
House Advances Bill That Would Criminalize Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
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House Passes Bill Banning Child Sex Changes
The House of Representatives passed a bill federally criminalizing sex change surgeries and puberty blockers for minors. The bill, called “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” was supported in a 216-211 vote and now heads to the Senate. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA), the bill’s sponsor, called the passage a “win for children all over America!!” She noted that while three Democrats voted in support of the legislation, four Republicans did not. …
House Passes Bill Making Gender Transition Procedures For Minors A Federal Crime - American Liberty News
Categories: Capitol Hill•Government•Health & Science Tags: Chip Roy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Protect Children’s Innocence Act, Sarah McBride, Transgender Health Care, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate House lawmakers narrowly approved legislation Wednesday that would make certain medical procedures for minors a federal crime, sending the measure to the Senate after a tense floor debate and internal Republican clashes. The Protect Childr…
Over 200 Dems Vote Against Bill Criminalizing Gender Surgery For Minors
For all the House Democrats who voted against this bill, you are on the wrong side of history. More than 210 Democrats voted against a bill that would criminalize trans medical care for minors on Wednesday. Three Democrats voted with Republicans, and four Republicans voted with Democrats. And again, to claim they are on the wrong side of history would be an understatement. These are the same people who forced your kids to get an experimental Cov…
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