Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed a invoice on Friday that bans docs from performing “gender transition” and intercourse change procedures on minors.
Underneath Senate File 99, any healthcare skilled who gives a minor with puberty blockers, hormone remedy, or intercourse change surgical procedures will probably be topic to having their licenses suspended or revoked.
Whereas he signed the invoice, the governor didn’t appear captivated with doing so.
“I signed SF99 as a result of I help the protections this invoice consists of for kids, nonetheless it’s my perception that the federal government is straying into the private affairs of households,” Governor Gordon mentioned in an announcement in regards to the laws.
Gordon continued, “Our legislature must kind out its intentions with regard to parental rights. Whereas it inserts governmental prerogative in some locations, it affirms parental rights in others.”
After all, the American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming opposes the ban.
“By signing this invoice into legislation, Gov. Gordon has put the federal government answerable for making very important selections historically reserved for fogeys in Wyoming,” ACLU of Wyoming Government Director Libby Skarin mentioned within the announcement. “This ban gained’t cease Wyomingites from being trans, however it would deny them essential help that helps struggling transgender youth develop as much as turn out to be thriving transgender adults.”
The legislation will go into impact on July 1.
