Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on two anti-trans bills that represent some of Congress’s most aggressive attempts yet to strip trans young people of access to essential health care.
- One bill, introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), would criminalize medical providers for delivering evidence-based care to trans young people in a wide range of circumstances.
- The other bill, introduced by Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), would prohibit federal Medicaid funding from being used to cover this care for trans young people.
Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, released the following statement:
“We are alarmed and outraged that House leadership is advancing these dangerous and deeply harmful bills. Instead of addressing the real issues facing families — such as extending ACA tax credits and lowering health care costs — Congressional Republicans are doubling down on a hateful, politically motivated agenda that once again targets transgender young people. These bills are rooted in fear-mongering and disinformation, not medicine or science, and criminalize essential care for young people who are already under attack. The Law Center will always stand up to protect the rights and safety of the trans community, and we urge House members to vote against these cruel bills.”
The National Women’s Law Center Action Fund joined the National Partnership for Women & Families, Physicians for Reproductive Health, and more than 50 other reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations in a letter to House members highlighting how these bills parallel attacks on abortion access and similarly seek to erode people’s fundamental rights.
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