The House on Wednesday voted to go a bill that would imprison well being care suppliers for offering gender-affirming care for minors.
The bill — titled the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” and sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia — would make it a category C felony to deal with minors with gender-affirming care like surgical procedures and puberty blockers. If enacted, the bill might imprison docs who present such care for as much as ten years.
It’s unclear whether or not the GOP-led Senate will take up the measure, although it’s unlikely it will get sufficient Democratic assist to go out of that chamber.
The House vote was 216-211. Three Democrats supported the measure, whereas 4 Republicans have been opposed.
Greene said final week she secured flooring consideration of her bill as a part of a take care of leaders who wished her to drop her opposition to advancing a vital protection coverage bill.
Civil rights teams together with the American Civil Liberties Union described Greene’s bill as “the most extreme anti-trans legislation ever considered by Congress.”
Ahead of the vote, Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride criticized congressional Republicans as being “obsessed with trans people.”
“I actually think they think more about trans people than trans people think about trans people,” stated McBride, who’s the primary out transgender member of Congress.
“They are consumed with this, and they are extreme on it,” the Delaware Democrat added.
A second bill, sponsored by GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, prohibits federal Medicaid funding for “gender transition procedures for minors.” The House is anticipated to vote on that bill on Thursday.
McBride stated Wednesday that Republicans have been “trying to politicize a misunderstood community and misunderstood care.”
“No one’s healthcare should be politicized,” she stated.