House approves MTG-sponsored bill to criminalize gender transition treatment for minors
The House passed a bill on Wednesday that would criminalize gender transition treatment for minors.The measure, sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., passed by a 216-211 vote with some...
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The House passed a bill on Wednesday that would criminalize gender transition treatment for minors. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., passed by a 216-211 vote with some bipartisan support . Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and Don Davis, D-N.C., voted with most Republicans for the bill, while Reps. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Gabe Evans, R-Colo., and Mike Kennedy, R-Utah, voted with most Democrats against the measure. "Children are NOT experiments. No more drugs. No more surgeries. No more permanent harm. We need to let kids grow up without manipulation from adults to make life-altering decisions! Congress must protect America’s children!!!" Greene wrote on X ahead of the vote. PARENTS SUE AFTER 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL ALLEGEDLY FORCED TO SHARE BED WITH TRANSGENDER STUDENT ON SCHOOL TRIP Greene had reached a deal with House leadership to bring her bill to the floor in exchange for her backing a rule last week to advance the National Defense Authorization Act. The bill faces a significant hurdle to pass the Senate, as Republicans would need Democrat support to approve the legislation in the Upper Chamber. The American Civil Liberties Union criticized the House passage , saying the measure "would have immediate and devastating effects on the lives and transgender youth and their families across the country." "Politicians should never prohibit parents from doing what is best for their transgender children," Mike Zamore, National Director of Policy & Government Affairs at the ACLU, said in a statement. "These families often spend years considering how best to support their children, only to have ill-equipped politicians interfere by attempting to criminalize the health care that they, their children, and their doctors believe is necessary to allow their children to thrive." "But this bill also creates an incredibly dangerous precedent far beyond the specific care at issue, criminalizing care based on i…