West Virginia Lawmakers Seek to Remove ‘Suicide Risk’ Exemption from Ban on Transgender Hormones for Minors

Lawmakers in West Virginia are seeking to remove a “suicide risk” exemption that allows some families to circumvent a ban on hormones and sex change medical interventions for minors.

Medical interventions for minors who identify as “transgender” were banned in the state last year, but an exemption was left open for youth who are allegedly “at risk for self-harm or suicide.”

According to a report from The Intelligencer, the exemption currently “requires parental consent and a diagnosis of severe gender dysphoria from two medical professionals, both of whom must provide written testimony that medical interventions are necessary to prevent or limit possible or actual self-harm.”

The report adds:

Coming up against a major legislative deadline next week,

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