Wyoming on Friday became the 23rd state to ban gender transition procedures for minors after Republican Gov. Mark Gordon signed legislation prohibiting the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries for minors seeking to change their sex.
“I signed SF 99 because I support the protections this bill includes for children, however it is my belief that the government is straying into the personal affairs of families” Gordon said in a news release. “Our Legislature needs to sort out its intentions with regard to parental rights. While it inserts governmental prerogative in some places, it affirms parental rights in others.”
All 23 states that have banned such procedures have Republican-led legislatures, and all but North Carolina have Republican governors, according to the Movement Advancement Project think tank.
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