The full Utah House voted to approve a bill that would ban transgender surgeries for Utah children and teens, as well as place an indefinite moratorium on new treatments including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors.
SALT LAKE CITY — The full Utah House voted on Thursday to approve a bill that would ban transgender surgeries for Utah children and teens, as well as place an indefinite moratorium on new treatments including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors.. It now faces only one more legislative hurdle — a final vote in the Senate to approve changes made by the House — before heading to Gov. Spencer Cox.
"I've learned so much during my nursing career to care for all individuals, regardless of what circumstances bring them into my care," she said. "I can't help but be saddened sometimes about the choices some of my patients make at a young age that may have contributed to their current health state." "It turns the moratorium back to a ban," she said. "It increases the malpractice possibilities, which is going to back doctors away from giving care, and it also makes the bill come into effect sooner. All three of those make this bill a de facto ban."
"Well, they're not perfect, but they don't let me write the bills," Cox said when asked if he was comfortable with the bills. "I don't want a single child in this state harmed or put in harm's way in any way, shape or form," she said. "But I do believe to my very core that by eliminating or limiting in such a draconian way the ability of these kids to get the care — the careful thoughtful care that they need — we are doing more harm than good."
Two days ago, on Tuesday, a House committee held a second hearing, which overflowed with people who rallied earlier that day on the steps of the Utah Capitol in support of Utah's transgender youth. Several teens who identified as transgender spoke to that committee, urging lawmakers to not restrict their access to treatments that they say saved them from suicide.
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