‘Horrifying’: Oklahoma Republicans draft bill to criminalize gender-affirming care for individuals under 26

Republicans in the Oklahoma State Senate have proposed legislation that would criminalize doctors for providing gender-affirming care to transgender individuals under the age of twenty-six. Senate Bill 129 not only contains prohibitions on procedures such as hormone treatments, transition, and reassignment surgery – but it also establishes that male and female are the only two sexes “in the context of reproductive potential or capacity.” The introduction states: An Act relating to health care; creating the Millstone Act of 2023; defining terms; prohibiting provision of or referral for gender t…

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