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North Carolina became the latest state to block minors from having access to gender-transition care, as Republican lawmakers voted Wednesday to override the governor’s veto of a bill restricting hormone treatments, puberty blockers and surgeries for young people.
The law takes effect immediately, but minors who began treatment before Aug. 1 may continue receiving that care if their doctors deem it medically necessary. | World News
The North Carolina legislature’s Republican supermajority voted to override vetoes from the state’s Democratic governor on a slew of bills Wednesday evening, including a trio of measures that target transgender youth.
North Carolina now becomes the 22nd state to enact legislation restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for minors.
Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to the gender-affirming treatments many credit as live-saving after the Republican-controlled General Assembly overrode the Democratic governor's veto of that legislation and others touching on gender in sports and classroom instruction.