Louisiana looks likely to become the latest state to enact laws banning gender surgeries for transgender youths after the Republican-controlled legislature sent a bill to the state's Democratic governor.
The House passed the bill on Tuesday in a vote of 75-25 following the Senate voting the legislation through on Monday in a 29-10 vote.House Bill 648 would ban those under 18 in Louisiana from receiving puberty-blocking medications and hormone treatments with or without parental consent. The bill includes protocols for holding healthcare professionals that provide treatments to minors accountable by revoking their medical license for a minimum of two years.
Louisiana Republicans have control via a two-thirds supermajority in both the House and Senate after state Rep. Francis Thompson switched parties. “I don't think they [the bills] address any real problems in our state,” Edwards said about the issues Louisiana constituents are concerned about.
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