Texas bill could send parents to prison for providing gender-affirming care. The measure would redefine child abuse to include parents who consent to hormone therapy and puberty blockers for their transgender children. - NBCOUT
A wave of anti-transgender bills across the country would ban health care providers from offering gender-affirming care to minors. But a smaller number are targeting parents who support their transgender kids’ desire to transition, levying punishments that critics say could range from jail time to having their children taken away.
“God gave us a season in life, and it’s to have innocence up to a certain point and then unfortunately we lose that innocence,” Perry said during the hearing. “When parents interject things that rob them of that innocence, and really robs them of a future, we have a problem.” Kai Shappley, a 10-year-old transgender girl from Austin, speaks before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs on April 12, 2021.Speaking before the Senate Committee on State Affairs on Monday, Kai Shappley, a 10-year-old transgender girl from Austin, said Texas legislators have been“I am in fourth grade now,” Kai said. “When it comes to bills that target trans youth, I immediately feel angry. It’s been very scary and overwhelming.
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