The GOP opposed an amendment by Democrat Kayla Young. She tried to expand the 'pointless' bill prohibiting gender-affirming surgery so it covered all teenagers.
, asked to amend the 1931 Code of West Virginia by adding a new section prohibiting certain medical practices. These would include irreversible gender-affirming surgery and gender-altering medication like puberty-blocking medications for trans teenagers under the age of 18, even with parental consent.
A stock image of a doctor and a patient in this composite image with the West Virginia GOP logo . The state's House Republicans introduced a bill to ban gender-affirming surgery for trans teens under 18.The bill was introduced to the House on January 12. However, it got stuck in the West Virginia House of Delegates when Democrat legislator Kayla Young asked for an amendment.
This would expand the ban to"any non-medically necessary elective surgery done for cosmetic purposes not associated with correcting a birth defect, physical injury or deformity" for teens under the age of 18. "Didn't have getting up and yelling about 'only care about protecting straight kids who want boob jobs' on my bingo card this year, but here we are,"Minors can currently undergo cosmetic breast implants with a parent or guardian's consent and the approval of a surgeon, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Didn't have getting up and yelling about "only care about protecting straight kids who want boob jobs" on my bingo card this year, but here we are.
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