North Carolina Republicans introduce bill to ban doctors from performing gender confirmation surgery on people under age 21
Marquise Francis
Three Republican lawmakers in North Carolina introduced a controversial bill this week that would ban doctors from performing gender confirmation surgery for transgender youth under the age of 21.
Senate Bill 514, introduced on Monday by state senators Ralph Hise, Warren Daniel and Norman Sanderson would make it illegal for people under 21 to receive transitional health care. The bill would supersede North Carolina’s statute that designates people over the age of 18 as adults and able to act without the consent of their parents.