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

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

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Puerto Rico trans rights advocates prepare legal fight as GOP governor considers gender-affirming care ban

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<span>The law imposes penalties of up to 15 years in prison and $50,000 fines on medical professionals who provide hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries to minors, along with license revocation.</span

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

<span>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.</span

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.

<span>The Puerto Rico LGBTQ+ Federation announced plans to challenge the law's constitutionality in court, with director Justin Jesús Santiago calling it "cruel and inhumane" legislation.</span

The Puerto Rico LGBTQ+ Federation announced plans to challenge the law's constitutionality in court, with director Justin Jesús Santiago calling it "cruel and inhumane" legislation.

<span>Unlike mainland U.S. residents, transgender Puerto Ricans cannot travel to neighboring states for alternative care if local services are banned, potentially leaving them stranded without significant financial resources.</span

Unlike mainland U.S. residents, transgender Puerto Ricans cannot travel to neighboring states for alternative care if local services are banned, potentially leaving them stranded without significant financial resources.

<span>The legislation follows a broader national trend, with hundreds of bills targeting transgender youth's access to medical care introduced across the country, affecting an estimated 300,100 transgender youth nationwide.</span

The legislation follows a broader national trend, with hundreds of bills targeting transgender youth's access to medical care introduced across the country, affecting an estimated 300,100 transgender youth nationwide.

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

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

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