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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Trans rights groups pledge Texas lawsuit over gender-affirming care ban: ‘Anti-science, discriminatory fear-mongering’

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The second-largest state in the nation, home to thousands of young transgender people, is likely to force trans youth to detransition and prohibit minors from accessing gender-transitioning healthcare.

Legislation in Texas that will ban doctors from providing affirming care to transgender children is headed to the desk of Republican Governor Greg Abbott after the bill’s final passage in the state Senate on 17 May.

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