The measure goes into effect Sept. 1.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Friday banning people under 18 from receiving procedures and treatments for “gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria,” as well as the use of public funds for them.
lays out four specific areas of medical care health providers will be prohibited from administering, including surgeries “that sterilize the child,” mastectomies, drugs “that induce transient or permanent infertility,” and procedures removing “otherwise healthy or non-diseased body tissue.
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