Some Republican state lawmakers want to ban medical treatment for young people experiencing gender dysphoria.
Two bills filed Thursday — Senate Bill 140, sponsored by Cordele Republican Sen. Carden Summers and others, and Senate Bill 141, sponsored by Gwinnett Republican Sen. Clint Dixon and others — are part of a larger trend seen in around a dozen states this year.
The state Senate bills would prohibit gender-affirming medical care for young people experiencing gender dysphoria, a clinical condition where a person’s gender identity differs from their gender assigned at birth.
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