Puerto Rico bans hormone therapy and gender surgery for trans people under 21

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Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González-Colón signed legislation banning gender-transition treatments for youth under 21, aligning the U.S. territory with roughly two dozen U.S. states that have enacted similar laws.

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Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González-Colón signed legislation banning gender-transition treatments for youth under 21, aligning the U.S. territory with roughly two dozen U.S. states that have enacted similar laws.

The law, approved late Wednesday, imposes penalties of up to 15 years in prison and $50,000 fines on medical professionals who provide hormone therapy or gender-transition surgeries to minors, along with license revocation.

Associated Press

The law, approved late Wednesday, imposes penalties of up to 15 years in prison and $50,000 fines on medical professionals who provide hormone therapy or gender-transition surgeries to minors, along with license revocation.

Both chambers of Puerto Rico's legislature approved the bill despite opposition from medical associations representing physicians, surgeons, psychologists, and other professionals who urged the governor to veto it.

Advocate.com

Both chambers of Puerto Rico's legislature approved the bill despite opposition from medical associations representing physicians, surgeons, psychologists, and other professionals who urged the governor to veto it.

The Puerto Rico LGBTQ+ Federation has announced plans to challenge the law's constitutionality in court.

The Puerto Rico LGBTQ+ Federation has announced plans to challenge the law's constitutionality in court.

Unlike mainland U.S. residents, transgender Puerto Ricans cannot travel to neighboring states for alternative care if local services are banned.

GLAAD

Unlike mainland U.S. residents, transgender Puerto Ricans cannot travel to neighboring states for alternative care if local services are banned.

The legislation follows a broader national trend, with hundreds of bills targeting transgender youth's access to gender-transition treatments introduced across the country, reportedly affecting an estimated 120,400 of the nation's more than 300,000 high school aged transgender youth.

The legislation follows a broader national trend, with hundreds of bills targeting transgender youth's access to gender-transition treatments introduced across the country, reportedly affecting an estimated 120,400 of the nation's more than 300,000 high school aged transgender youth.

This law protects vulnerable minors who lack the emotional and cognitive maturity to make irreversible medical decisions. The state must safeguard children's comprehensive well-being when they cannot fully understand the long-term consequences.

This law protects vulnerable minors who lack the emotional and cognitive maturity to make irreversible medical decisions. The state must safeguard children's comprehensive well-being when they cannot fully understand the long-term consequences.

National Post

'Considerable uncertainty' remains about gender treatments for kids, Canadian researchers warn

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Banning this care strips parents' rights to make medical decisions for their families and criminalizes health care professionals for providing medically necessary treatment. Every major medical association supports gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

Banning this care strips parents' rights to make medical decisions for their families and criminalizes health care professionals for providing medically necessary treatment. Every major medical association supports gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

Anti-Transgender Bill Advances in Puerto Rico, Seeking to Ban Lifesaving Care for Youth and Punish Parents and Doctors

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There's a 17.5% chance that an openly LGBTQ+ person will be elected president of the U.S. by 2041, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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