AUSTIN — A committee of the Texas Senate on Thursday is debating a bill to ban gender affirming care for transgender minors, the first time the legislation is...
are supported by the largest physician groups, including the American and Texas Medical Associations. These groups, as well as the Texas Pediatric Society, have asked the state not to ban these treatments.
It is one of Lt. Gov Dan Patrick’s priorities this session, and has 10 GOP senators signed on as co-authors. Similar bills have been introduced in the Texas House, but neither the speaker nor Gov. Greg Abbott have publicly backed the effort. Debate on the bill began just after 1:30 p.m. More than 60 members of the public, including many transgender Texans, are signed up to speak.
If it passes, the bill’s next stop will be debate by the full Texas Senate. Both chambers must approve and the governor must sign any bill for it to become law.. Lauren is an investigative reporter based in Austin who focuses on gender, sexuality and politics. Before joining the investigative team, she covered Texas politics for The Houston Chronicle and Louisiana politics for The New Orleans Times-Picayune. She loves cats, cemeteries and comic books, and cooks a mean steak.
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