New laws on transgender issues caused ‘incalculable’ harm, advocate says
PROMO Executive Director Katy Erker-Lynch discusses legislation on transgender medical care issues and other topics during a Missouri House hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Video provided by the House; edited by Beth O'Malley
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The hearings showed conservative lawmakers aren’t finished addressing transgender issues after contentious debate last year.
Health care providers could refuse gender-transition care on “moral” grounds and a ban on hormones and puberty blocker for transgender minors would be indefinite under the legislation.
Biden, in 2021, became the first president to issue a formal proclamation recognizing the event, which originated in 2009.
