Lawmakers in Arizona approved two bills on Thursday targeting transgender youth in the state, including one that would restrict access to gender-affirming health care. The measures now will go to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey for his signature.
The state's Republican-led House approved the health care ban on Thursday by 31-26. The bill had passed the state's GOP-controlled Senate by 16-12 in February. "A physician may not provide irreversible gender reassignment surgery to any individual who is under eighteen years of age," according to SB 1138. The bill makes some exceptions, including in the case of someone born intersex.If the governor signs the bill, Arizona would be the latest state to enact such a ban.
advocates have strongly opposed the bans, arguing they further marginalize a vulnerable community and could cause serious harm to a group that suffers from uniquely high rates of suicide. Activists are pushing Ducey to block the health care ban, with Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, saying on Twitter,"We are mobilizing to get @DougDucey to veto it.
rights groups, said in a statement. Some medical groups, including the American Psychiatric Association, have also come out against laws like SB 1138, with the group saying last year that"patients and their physicians, not policymakers, should be the ones to make decisions together about what care is best for them."Sports ban also heads to governorThe sports ban, also given final passage by lawmakers in Arizona on Thursday, mirrors others enacted around the country in recent years.
advocates, who argue lawmakers are seeking to address an issue where there isn't one.Earlier this week, GOP governors in Indiana and Utah vetoed bans passed by Republican lawmakers in those states. CNN's Hannah Sarisohn contributed to this report.
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