Texas Senate committee hears hours of testimony on bill to ban transgender medical care
LGBTQ rights supporters gather at the Texas State Capitol to protest state Republican-led efforts to pass legislation that would restrict the participation of transgender student athletes on the first day of the 87th Legislature's third special session on Sept. 20, 2021, in Austin, Texas.
The proposals come as transgender rights have become a hot button political issue in Texas and nationwide, alongside a suite of anti-LGBTQ measures.was on Senate Bill 14, authored by Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, which would stop doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and hormone medications and performing surgeries to treat minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria, or psychological distress about their gender identity being different from their sex at birth.
Campbell, who is an emergency room physician, said the bill is “all about child protection” and combating what she characterized as a “cottage industry” of medical professionals who prey on transgender children with the hope of profiting from their expensive treatments. "Sometimes we must work hard against something in order to fight for something," Campbell said, as she explained her bill. “Our children need counseling and love, not blades and drugs.”Opponents say measures like Campbell's will endanger the mental and physical wellbeing of already-at-risk transgender youth.attempts to restrict or criminalize gender-affirming care. Dr.
There's always a degree of uncertainty in medicine, Carlo said, but"the best evidence that we have to date is what we're using to take care of our patients." Every major medical association, including the
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