May 20 AP report: Many bills restricting trans health care came from handful of far-right groups By Jeff McMillan, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press, Kavish Harjai, Associated Press/Report for America At least 17 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. An Associated Press analysis found that often those bills sprang not from grassroots or constituent demand, but from the pens of a handful of conservative… Continue reading
May 15 Why Nebraska conservatives might combine abortion, trans health care bans By Margery A. Beck, Associated Press Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the legislative session's most contentious proposals — one to restrict abortion access and another that would ban gender-affirming care for minors. Continue reading
Apr 26 Blue states look to expand insurance coverage of gender-affirming care By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America The wide-ranging bill is part of a wave of legislation in Democratic-controlled states intended to carve out safe havens for transgender people amid a conservative movement seeking to ban or limit gender-affirming care. Continue reading
Mar 31 Missouri Planned Parenthood sues state AG over transgender care investigation By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press Missouri’s state attorney general is investigating gender-affirming care provided by Planned Parenthood, according to a lawsuit filed by the St. Louis health provider. Continue reading
Mar 12 West Virginia GOP Legislature passes ban on transgender health care for minors By Leah Willingham, Associated Press A bill that would ban evidence-based health care for transgender minors in West Virginia, the state estimated to have more transgender youth per capita than any other in the nation, is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice. Continue reading
Mar 09 Anxiety, fear fill West Virginia transgender health care clinic By Leah Willingham, Associated Press Doctors in West Virginia say transgender health care that could soon be banned in the state is just as essential as the other lifesaving services they provide. Continue reading