Texas House approves treatment ban for transgender youth
The Texas Senate must approve the House's changes before Gov. Greg Abbott can sign it into law.
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The Texas Senate must approve the House's changes before Gov. Greg Abbott can sign it into law.
The House approved a bill Monday that would ban doctors from providing transition-related care to children. It now heads back to the Senate, which can accept the changes or ask for a committee to iron out the chambers’ differences.
Texas would join more than a dozen other states that have already passed similar legislation recently.
She was one of four Democrats to support a ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Three Texas Democrats broke party lines to join their Republican colleagues on a measure that would man gender-affirming care fore transgender youth.