The proposed laws “would bring devastating harms' to the trans community, one ACLU lawyer said.
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The bills’ goals have been endorsed by several national conservative groups, including Alliance Defending Freedom and Eagle Forum. The medical director of the Trevor Project, a youth suicide prevention service, also expressed dismay, saying the bills could deprive some young people of potentially life-saving treatment. “They would force doctors to make an untenable decision and could result in their imprisonment for providing best-practice medical care,” said Dr. Alexis Chavez, a transgender psychiatrist.
Daw said he wants to be sensitive and respectful to transgender kids and their families but remains concerned about medical steps toward transitioning. “It wasn’t a decision that was taken lightly,” Robyn Rumsey said. It’s made her son, now 15, into a happy, thriving person, she said. The family is considering surgery later this year.
If a law were to pass, Dex Rumsey said he’d want to leave the state. “I don’t think they realize the damage these types of things are causing,” he said.
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