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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Leah Willingham

West Virginia Senate passes modified transgender care ban

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

West Virginia's Republican supermajority Senate passed a bill Friday that would ban certain health care for transgender youth after approving a significant change to add exceptions for young people at risk for self harm or suicide.

“These kids struggle, they have incredible difficulties,” said Majority Leader Tom Takubo, a pulmonologist, who urged support for mental health protections.

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