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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward and Megan Sheets

Alabama governor signs nation’s first bill making gender-affirming care for trans youth a felony

AP

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill that could imprison doctors for up to to a decade for prescribing medical treatments to transgender youth.

The bill criminalising gender-affirming care for transgender people younger than 19 years old is the first in the US to make healthcare for young transgender patients punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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