New regulations in Nebraska require trans youth seeking gender-affirming care to wait...
FILE - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen arrives to give the State of the State address at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln on Jan. 25, 2023. Nebraska is requiring transgender youth starting gender-affirming care to wait a week to begin puberty blockers or hormone treatments under new state health department regulations. The state Department of Health and Human Services announced that Pillen had signed off on the emergency regulations today, Sunday, Oct. 1.
Grant Friedman, a legal fellow for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, said it's helpful to have the rules in place so that new transgender patients can get care. However, he said, medical professionals already follow international standards for treating trans youth, making the Legislature's intervention unnecessary.
During the signing ceremony for the new Nebraska law, Pillen suggested that children and their parents who seek gender-affirming treatment are being “duped,” adding, “that is absolutely Lucifer at its finest.” The state's chief medical officer, Dr. Timothy Tesmer, is a Pillen appointee.
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