Cotton, Banks spearhead bill allowing adults to sue doctors who transitioned them as minors
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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., are proposing legislation to allow people who were transitioned as minors to sue the doctors who performed the procedures.
The proposed law also clarifies that federal law cannot be construed to force medical practitioners to offer such procedures and prohibits federal health funds from going to states that force doctors to perform them.
To define a "gender-transition procedure," the bill draws on definitions laid out in a March fact sheet from the Department of Health and Human Services, which claimed gender-affirming care includes social affirmation at any age, puberty blockers during puberty and cross-sex hormone therapy starting during early adolescence. Irreversible surgery to both breasts or genitalia is "typically used in adulthood or case-by-case basis in adolescence," according to the agency.