New Hampshire House Passes Bill Banning Sex Changes for Minors
The New Hampshire House has passed a bill banning sex change surgeries for minors.
House Bill 619, passed on Thursday with a 188-175 vote, also bans doctors from recommending out-of-state facilities to minors or their families.
Lawmakers debated for about an hour before ultimately passing it.
“Adolescent genital gender reassignment surgery generally lacks both adequate information for informed consent and involves a high risk of coercion for parental consent when parents believe that they are faced with a choice between their child committing suicide or consenting to their child’s genital gender reassignment surgeries,” the bill states.
The legislation cites a lack of data on the long-term effects of genital gender reassignment surgery on minors.
“In the absence of high quality data to prove safety and efficacy,
