Senate bill bans gender affirming care, surgeries

A senate bill banning sex change surgeries or prescribing puberty blockers to minors passed in the Texas Senate on Tuesday SB 14 would ban common ‘gender-affirming’ health care, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries, for minors under age 18.

It also would punish practicing physicians who provide children with such treatment with license revocation, and it would block the use …