As 2022 comes to a close, 7 states have implemented measures to clamp down on childhood sex change procedures that span social transitions to surgeries as concerns grow about these controversial procedures’ effectiveness and safety.
Laurel Duggan of The Daily Caller observed that “The gender transition process for minors can include socially transitioning through a new name and pronouns of the opposite sex, as well as through medical interventions like puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and various surgeries, all of which are legal for children in most U.S. states.”
A select few Republican states have taken steps to prohibit some or all of these procedures for minors. They argue that while the majority of adolescents are able to overcome their gender dysphoria once they become adults, the medical interventions they are subjected to are irreversible.
In 2022, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas banned medical transitions for minors.
