NEW: The Georgia House voted 96-75 to approve a bill to ban hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery for trans youth in the state. It still needs final approval by the state Senate before heading to the governor's desk.
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"It is our jobs as legislators and as parents to use our accrued wisdom to guide them on the right path so that at some point on their journey they're able to make good and right decisions for themselves on their own," he said.
"We are being intellectually inconsistent and we are being inconsistent from a policy standpoint," said state Rep. Teri Anulewicz .71% of LGBTQ youth — including 86% of trans and/or nonbinary youth — said the debate around state laws "restricting the rights of LGBTQ young people" has negatively impacted their mental health.
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