Oklahoma Governor Outlaws Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
TL;DR
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has signed a bill into law that bans gender-affirming medical care for minors in his state, making it a felony for health-care workers to give people under the age of 18 gender transition medical treatments including surgery, puberty-blocking drugs, and hormones. Stitt said he was "thrilled" to sign the bill and protect children from life-altering transition surgeries. The ban joins those enacted in at least 15 other states around the U.S.
- Oklahoma Guv Delighted With Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Kids The Daily Beast
- Oklahoma governor makes performing 'irreversible gender transition surgeries' on children a felony Fox News
- Stitt signs bill into law banning gender transition surgeries, hormone therapies for minors KOCO 5 News
- Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kids Yahoo News
- Transgender Texas teen plots his future as anti-LGBTQ bills progress The Texas Tribune
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