Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass that prohibits certain treatments for transgender children.

Highlights:

• Prohibits certain treatments for transgender children, including gender reassignment procedures and treatments for the purposes of transitioning a child’s biological sex (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the list of prohibited procedures include (Sec. 1):

• Procedures that sterilizes the child shall including:

• Castration;

• Vasectomy;

• Hysterectomy;

• Oophorectomy;

• Metoidioplasty;

• Orchiectomy;

• Penectomy;

• Phalloplasty;

• Vaginoplasty;

• Mastectomy’s;

• Prescribing administering, or supplying any of the following medications that induce transient or permanent infertility, including:

• Puberty-blocking medication to stop or delay normal puberty; or

• Supraphysiological doses of testosterone to females.

• Removing any otherwise healthy or non-diseased body part or tissue.

• Specifies that the aforementioned provisions do not apply if the child has the consent of their parents or legal guardians or the procedure is necessary to treat a child born with a medically verifiable genetic disorder (Sec. 1).

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