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There is room for reasonable debate and restrictions on gender transition procedures on minors. This bill isn’t it, and is simply anti-trans. Kids with parents that can’t make the trip to Illinois and Michigan will now be at greater risk of suicide due to the hatred of MAGA lawmakers.
A reasonable proposal would be to require a certain number of appointments with a certified psychiatrist to confirm that a minor is at a point where the doctor is confident that they are trans. After that, they can get puberty blockers, etc. They already don’t perform gender reassignment surgery on minors in Indiana, so that’s not even an issue. Why the GOP can’t be reasonable enough to propose something like that is mind boggling. It’s gross that the only policies they worry about now are issues that pander to bigots.
It started with putting restrictions on health care for women. Now they’re restricting medical care for the trans community. I wonder what’s next? I’m guessing the Indiana GOP will ban the pill that prevents gay men from getting HIV.
MAGA lawmakes would RATHER trans kids commit suicide. Praise Jesus.
What about parental rights? Now the state is in charge of our kids? Wow.
I’m trying to figure out how legislators think parents are too stupid to understand the consequences of gender transition procedures despite medical guidance involved in such a thing … but they’re simultaneously smart enough to handle the choice of where they send their kids to school with tax dollars.
I mean, either parents are dumb or they’re smart.
wow Joe B. worst comment ever. physical gender transition for anyone under 18 should be banned.
Thanks, DD. That really tells me I hit the spot and made you think there.
Republicans believe in freedom, defined as people are free to do whatever they want … from the limited list of things we allow them to do.
The answer to kids (or adults) with this rare mental disorder is counseling and therapy, not hormones or surgery which has lifelong health implications. European countries are moving away from these ‘treatments’ for minors but the greedy and unethical American medical industry is going full steam ahead, cheered on by people motivated by a deranged sort of political ideology.
21 R, I don’t think it’s the greedy medical industry pushing for these treatments but rather hospitals and physicians are worried that if they don’t conform with the left’s woke agenda, they’ll get cancelled etc.
No word on whether top surgery for minors seeking larger breasts will be banned. A lot more of those are performed annually. Hopefully, they will get to that crisis soon.
Indiana needs a State sandwich.
Thanks to the medical professionals and organizations who testified to protect the rights of their patients. I am thinking of all the Hoosier families supporting their kids’ mental health needs as they watch their state legislators strip their rights. The state legislature’s irrational focus on trans kids, when our state has so many pressing needs, makes me so sad.
Pretty grossed out at how much time these lawmakers spend thinking about the sexuality of minors. Shameful.