West Virginia Lawmakers Search to Take away ‘Suicide Danger’ Exemption from Ban on Transgender Hormones for Minors | The Gateway Pundit

Lawmakers in West Virginia are looking for to take away a “suicide risk” exemption that enables some households to bypass a ban on hormones and intercourse change medical interventions for minors.

Medical interventions for minors who determine as “transgender” have been banned within the state final 12 months, however an exemption was left open for youth who’re allegedly “at risk for self-harm or suicide.”

In accordance with a report from The Intelligencer, the exemption at the moment “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 provides:

Arising towards a significant legislative deadline subsequent week, lawmakers within the Home Well being and Human Sources Committee on Friday rushed to advance a invoice to the total chamber that may utterly ban interventions like hormone remedy and puberty blockers. Gender-affirming surgical procedure, which physicians testified doesn’t happen within the state, was banned final 12 months.

It’s unclear what the probabilities of passage are for the invoice. The Home of Delegates handed the same measure final 12 months, nevertheless it was considerably altered by Republican Senate Majority Chief Tom Takubo, a doctor who expressed concern concerning the excessive suicide charge for transgender youth.

The committee rejected a movement from Democrat Del. Mike Pushkin to permit minors who’re already on hormone remedy or puberty blockers to proceed taking them.

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia has already threatened authorized motion if the modification passes.

Breaking: Home Well being has superior HB 5297, an all-out ban on medically crucial gender-affirming look after minors.

If this invoice turns into legislation, we’ll see the state in court docket.

— ACLU of WV (@ACLU_WV) February 23, 2024

“If this bill becomes law, we’ll see the state in court,” the group wrote in an announcement on X.