Republicans in Congress are making a renewed push before the end of the year to pass major federal restrictions to gender-affirming care for trans minors.
On Wednesday, by a vote of 216 to 211, the House passed a bill that aims to prohibit doctors from providing any gender-affirming care to minors by amending an existing statute on female genital mutilation. It’s the first time a ban on this care has reached Congress. First introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), the bill refers to treatments like surgery and hormone therapy as “genital or bodily mutilation” and “chemical castration.”
It’s one of two bills focused on restricting pediatric gender-affirming care that the House plans to consider this week, before lawmakers depart for their holiday break.
