Atlanta City Council member Liliana Bakhtiari has introduced a resolution that pushes back against state lawmakers’ recently passed law banning some treatments for transgender minors.
This past legislative session, Georgia’s Republican-led legislature passed Senate Bill 140 which bans healthcare providers from providing certain hormones and surgical treatment to children to align with their gender identity.
The crackdown on gender-affirming care went into effect July 1 and follows a pattern of restrictions implemented in other GOP-controlled states. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported that Georgia’s new law curtailing treatment to transgender children has caused some families to consider moving out of the state.
