BOISE, Idaho — Idaho medical providers could soon be banned from offering gender-affirming care to transgender children, after the House on Tuesday cleared a bill that makes it a felony.
Sponsored by Republican state Rep. Bruce Skaug of Nampa and the Idaho Family Policy Center, a Christian lobbying group, the legislation would make it illegal for medical providers to offer puberty blockers, hormone therapies and transition-related surgeries to minors — treatment that transgender people, their family and friends told lawmakers can be life-saving.
Skaug told the House Tuesday that surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone therapy make irreparable changes to a child’s development.
