The Tennessee bill prohibits children from receiving puberty blockers, hormone therapies or surgical procedures.
The American Civil Liberties Union plans to sue Tennessee if Lee signs it into law.
Bill sponsor Rep. William Lamberth, R-Portland, has called transition care experimental and dangerous for children. Major U.S. medical associations, such as the American Medical Association and, have supported gender transition health care as evidence-based medicine. "It has nothing to do with protecting children from unnecessary medical procedures," state Rep. Bo Mitchell, D-Nashville, said." can get their breast enhancements, their nose jobs, that's OK, but these children can't have any medical procedures?"Mitchell said the legislation was unfairly targeting transgender children, and the state would have to answer for it in court.
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