On this episode of The Legislature Today, the House of Delegates last week approved House Bill 2007. The bill would limit gender-affirming medical care for anyone under 18. During two committee hearings on the bill, lawmakers called no expert witnesses. Curtis Tate talks with Del. Danielle Walker, D-Monongalia, and Isabella Cortez, gender policy manager with Fairness West Virginia, to understand the potential impacts.
The 84-10 vote comes a day after nearly 80 people including doctors, religious leaders, parents and LGBTQ youth testified during a public hearing urging lawmakers to reject the "harmful" anti-transgender bill.