"The US House will vote on legislation criminalising gender-affirming care for trans young people later today (17 December) following approval from House leadership. HR 3492, dubbed the ' Protect Children's Innocence Act ', would make it a federal crime for medical professionals to prescribe puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and other kinds of gender-affirming healthcare to trans youth. If passed into law, medical professionals found guilty of providing care could face hefty fines and up to 10 years imprisonment."
""The multitude of efforts we are seeing from federal legislators to strip transgender and non-binary youth of the health care they need is deeply troubling," The Trevor Project's vice president of public engagement, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, said. "If implemented, these efforts will have detrimental impacts on transgender and non-binary youth in particular. The Trevor Project's research shows that access to this care is associated with significantly lower rates of depression and suicide risk among transgender and non-binary young people who receive it.""
The US House will vote on HR 3492, titled the Protect Children's Innocence Act, on 17 December after House leadership approval. HR 3492 would make it a federal crime for medical professionals to prescribe puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and other gender-affirming healthcare to transgender youth under 18. Convicted providers could face substantial fines and up to ten years in prison. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene reintroduced the bill after failed attempts in 2022 and 2023, and the House Judiciary Committee advanced it in a bipartisan vote. Major medical organizations and suicide-prevention experts warn the law could increase suicide and mental-health harms among trans youth.
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