Makes providing gender-transition surgery or drugs to minors a federal crime

§1What it does

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As rewritten by the House Judiciary Committee and passed by the House, this bill would make it a federal crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to knowingly perform surgery on a minor or give a minor drugs such as puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones in order to change the minor's body to match a sex different from the minor's biological sex.^2,3 Exceptions would cover care by a licensed practitioner that is necessary to the minor's health, which the bill says does not include mental, behavioral or emotional distress or disorders, as well as treatment for certain differences in sex chromosomes or hormones, early puberty, and complications from earlier procedures.³ A person who receives such treatment could not be arrested or prosecuted under the bill.^2,3 The bill would also rewrite the existing federal ban on female genital mutilation of minors so that anyone, not only a parent, guardian or caretaker, who facilitates or consents to it could be charged.^2,3

§2Status

§3How Congress voted

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