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Daily Wire on HB619
New Hampshire House Passes Bill To Ban Some Transgender Surgeries On Kids
The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that would protect children from some irreversible transgender surgeries.
The bill, which was passed 199-175 with 12 Democrats voting in favor and two Republicans voting against, was amended to be significantly weaker from the initial proposal. As introduced, the bill would have prohibited giving children puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, which have been linked to problems with fertility, bone development, and heart health. It also would have banned procedures to remove the breasts of girls who identify as boys. The bill as passed only prohibits genital transgender procedures.
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LAYON: House Passed Common-Sense Law on Gender Surgery for Minors
Posted at the New Hampshire Journal.
Today, the New Hampshire House said genital gender reassignment surgery has to wait until the patient is 18.
Unfortunately, Democrats supporting the amendment and bill came under heavy attack from their colleagues. I was sitting near the Speaker, waiting for my turn to speak, and the shouts from the anteroom were incredibly concerning. The aggressors were separated before it moved beyond words, thank goodness.
The amendment was supported by 21 Democrats and the amended bill by 12. Unfortunately, the harassment and bullying of these individuals continued throughout the day and has only intensified online. I am proud to stand with these brave representatives across the aisle.
The drumbeat of anti-science propaganda that seeks to silence any question of the supposed pro-trans narrative beats louder and louder, and it demonstrates the need for this bill.
If parents and kids get misleading information, there is no way for them to properly consider the risk and to truly understand the expectations for recovery from surgery and life in the years to come. To counter this false information, it is the role of the legislature to add a pause until the age of 18 for this procedure.
As it moves to the Senate, HB619 only prohibits genital gender reassignment surgery on minors. The definition section is lengthy in order to deal with the necessary specifics. Intersex people are born with anatomical or physiological abnormalities, and they aren’t impacted by this bill. The bill also makes exceptions for injury, malignancy, physical disease, and male circumcision. The bill language is available at NHWaitsUntil18.com/text if you want to dig deeper.
In the past, it was common for a person to go through a long and involved process, moving cautiously from one stage to the next and taking many years before reaching the point of undergoing this surgery. Unfortunately, this process is proceeding much more quickly now, and the requirement to undergo hormone suppression and live in the desired gender for a significant time is no longer required by the guidelines.
As a result, the process described during the debate isn’t the norm for kids.
Recent updates to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health have unfortunately laid waste to the cautious model of transgender care. In the past, these surgeries required therapy before puberty blockers, and that was before cross-sex hormonal treatment, which came before surgery — all after the age of 18 and with enough time to settle into each change. The current guidelines no longer require these commonsense protections.
Instead, medical societies are pushing beyond the limits of evidence. Activists are attempting to silence any dissent or questions about these surgeries. And the overwhelming message is that these surgeries in kids are lifesaving care — despite no evidence to support this claim. Now, there is no reasonable expectation of informed consent.
Is it any wonder that more than 20 states have passed laws protecting minors from this procedure?
When even asking a question is an act of defiance, it is the job of the legislature to tell the doctors licensed by virtue of our laws that they have to wait until a patient is 18 to offer this surgery.
To borrow a phrase, it is common sense scalpel control.
Rep. Wheeler Stands Strong on Principles
Anger, Threats From Fellow Dems as Rep. Wheeler Backs Bipartisan Ban on Gender Surgery for Minors reads the headline from Michael Graham at NH Journal.
State Rep. Jonah Wheeler (D-Petersboro) wanted his fellow progressives to know why he was joining a bipartisan majority to support a ban on sex-change surgery for minors. So when HB619 came to the House floor, he delivered a speech that the bill’s supporters described as “brave” and “thoughtful” but left many Democrats outraged.
“The question before us is whether or not children under the age of 18 should be able to get these surgeries. And despite being a liberal who believes in [trans] rights, I don’t think that is the case.” Wheeler told his fellow House members. “These are irreversible surgeries. This is not a question of whether you’re with the trans community. It’s a question of whether or not you believe children should be able to get these irreversible surgeries.
“I’ll take all the heat that comes from this,” Wheeler added.
And he got it, too.
Read more at the NH Journal.
HB619 Passes House With Important Amendment
House Bill 619 passed the New Hampshire House today with a bipartisan vote of 199-175 after an overwhelming 202-167 bipartisan vote to adopt the amendment.
While the original bill was wide ranging, the version that is headed to the Senate narrowly addresses genital gender reassignment surgery in minors. If signed into law, New Hampshire will tell doctors that if they want to keep their license to practice they have to wait until a patient is 18 for these procedures.
There is a large set of definitions which clearly lay out that intersex individuals, born with anatomic or physiologic abnormalities, are not included in this limit and that treating malignancy, malformation injury or physical disease is also not included in this limit.
Rep. Layon on WFEA with Drew Cline
Wednesday morning State Representative Erica Layon was a guest on the Drew Cline show on WFEA (1370AM, 99.9FM) to talk about HB619 and how important it is to wait until 18 for genital gender reassignment surgery.