Nebraska lawmakers advance controversial bills on trans health care and abortion.

Nebraska lawmakers have advanced Legislative Bill 574, which seeks to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender youths, with a 12-week abortion ban amendment. The original bill aimed to ban puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries for individuals under 19. The amendment narrows the ban to just surgeries and calls on the state’s chief medical officer to establish regulations on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for youths. The bill will need to go through one more round of debate before it goes to Gov. Jim Pillen’s desk to be signed into law.