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Narrow exceptions for youths to take medicine for gender dysphoria would be struck in House bill

West Virginia lawmakers push to remove a suicide risk exemption from gender-affirming care bill

Some Republican lawmakers in West Virginia want to ban transgender youth at risk for self-harm or suicide from accessing medical interventions such as hormone therapy. The GOP-controlled Legislature banned such interventions last year while allowing the self-harm and suicide exception. Now, a group of lawmakers want to eliminate that narrow definition, which requires parental consent and a diagnosis of severe gender dysphoria from two medical professionals, both of whom must provide written testimony that medical interventions are necessary to prevent or limit possible or actual self-harm.

WV House OKs controversial 'Women's Bill of Rights' | Legislative Session

The West Virginia House of Delegates, on Feb. 14, 2024, approved legislation that opponents are calling a fake women’s bill of rights that targets the transgender community for discrimination. According to the text of the legislation, the purpose of House Bill 5243 is to bring clarity, certainty, and uniformity to the state s laws regarding sex discrimination, gender equality, and benefits or services specifically provided to males and females, according to the text of the bill. As a statutory construction bill, definitions set forth in the legislation would be applied across West Virginia state code. The bill was approved 87-12 in the House, with one delegate absent or not voting, and now heads to the Senate.

WV House OKs controversial 'Women's Bill of Rights' | News

The West Virginia House of Delegates, on Feb. 14, 2024, approved legislation that opponents are calling a fake women’s bill of rights that targets the transgender community for discrimination. According to the text of the legislation, the purpose of House Bill 5243 is to bring clarity, certainty, and uniformity to the state s laws regarding sex discrimination, gender equality, and benefits or services specifically provided to males and females, according to the text of the bill. As a statutory construction bill, definitions set forth in the legislation would be applied across West Virginia state code. The bill was approved 87-12 in the House, with one delegate absent or not voting, and now heads to the Senate.

WV Delegates approve "Women's Bill of Rights"