Oklahoma passes bill banning gender-confirmation surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormone therapy for minors
Senate Bill 613, introduced by state Sen. Julie Daniels, accepted amendments introduced by the House on Thursday. The bill will now go to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who is expected to sign it, Tulsa World reported. If he does, it would make Oklahoma the latest of several red states to sign a bill restricting controversial gender-transition treatments for minors.The Republican-dominated Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, passing it in a 37-8 vote.
Republicans argued that the bill was essential to prevent the mutilation and irreversible harm of children, while Democrats claimed the bill was an invasion of privacy and taking rights away from parents.SB 613 would ban any medical procedure that seeks to alter the anatomical characteristics of children relating to their sex. The issuing of cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers would be banned as well.
The bill clarifies that the bill would not prohibit counseling for gender dysphoria or medication aiming to treat depression and anxiety in those born with incomplete, ambiguous, and both male and female genitalia.
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