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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Metz

Transgender youth reemerge as statehouse focal point in Utah

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Utah lawmakers wasted no time this week before returning to an issue that has become a popular topic in GOP-led statehouses: Trying to limit medical options doctors are allowed to provide transgender youth.

On the second day of the legislative session, a committee begun considering a policy that would stop minors from receiving gender-affirming health care — including surgery or puberty blockers — and another that would govern requirements for schools to alert parents when kids want to change which pronouns they go by.

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