Texas Passes Sweeping Ban on Transgender Medical Care and Sports Participation for Children

The Texas legislature has passed a bill banning healthcare professionals from providing gender-transitioning treatment to children, making Texas the most populous state to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The bill threatens to take away the licenses of violating healthcare providers, but has some exceptions. Physicians have repeatedly objected to legislation impeding access to gender-affirming care. The bill also includes a ban on mastectomies and surgeries that would sterilize the child, as well as drugs that “induce transient or permanent infertility.”