Idaho could become the latest state in the country to ban gender-affirming care for anyone under 18.
Last month, House lawmakers passed a bill that would make it a felony for a doctor to prescribe hormones or puberty blockers for trans minors. It also bans sex-reassignment surgery – something that isn’t done in Idaho.
Lawmakers supporting the bill paint these treatments as ineffective and harmful with high rates of regret. But asJames Dawson reports, research shows the opposite.