State Assembly GOP Passes Bill Preventing Doctors From Offering Gender Affirming Care to Minors

Friday, October 13th, 2023 -- 11:00 AM

(Raymond Neupert, WRN) Republicans in the State Assembly passed a bill on Thursday that would prohibit doctors from offering or performing gender affirming medical treatments to minors.

The State Assembly voted Thursday on legislation that would prevent doctors in Wisconsin from prescribing gender affirming medical treatments to minors. Waukesha Republican Scott Allen claims doctors are rushing to treat youth before they're ready. "The bill has been based on significant medical research and long term clinical studies that questioned the rush to medical gender transition for minors."

Speaker Robin Vos says doctors are being reckless with the health of their patients. "If you go back in history, the way to treat mental illness 50 to 100 years ago was a lobotomy. And at the time that was settled science, that's just the way it was supposed to be."

Democratic Governor Tony Evers is expected to veto the bill, and the Wisconsin Medical Society opposes the measure. The governor is also expected to veto bills that would keep transgender students from playing in boys or girls high school sports.

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