SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Transgender youth and their families living in states where legislatures are targeting gender-affirming health care would be protected from legal action if they seek that care in California, under legislation introduced Thursday.
A bill by Sen. Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco, would render unenforceable in California any out-of-state court judgments seeking to remove children from their parents' custody because they have received gender-affirming surgeries, hormone therapy and other transgender medical care.
Attempts by Texas and Idaho to criminalize health care for transgender minors have so far stalled amid national outcry, but dozens of similar bills have been introduced in red states across the country.
