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These laws, often called "shield" laws, often explicitly combine protections for gender-affirming care and abortion and cover a variety of protections including protecting both providers and patients from being punished, mandating insurance providers to cover the procedures and acting as "sanctuary states" that protect patients traveling to the ...
Medicaid does not have a federal policy on transgender health care and leaves the regulation of the coverage of gender-confirming health care up to each state. [132] While Medicaid does not fund sex reassignment surgery in forty states, [ 133 ] several, like New York [ 134 ] and Oregon, [ 135 ] now require Medicaid to cover (most) transgender care.
While Arizona has a 2022 law on the books banning surgical care for transgender minors, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order in 2023 ensuring access to gender-affirming health care.
The 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States is an ongoing political backlash from social conservatives against LGBTQ movements.It has included legislative proposals of bathroom use restrictions, bans on gender-affirming care, anti-LGBTQ curriculum laws, laws against drag performances, book bans, boycotts, and conspiracy theories around grooming. [1]
Meanwhile, at least 14 Democratic-controlled states have adopted laws intended to protect access to gender-affirming care. The gender-affirming care legislation is a major part of a broader set of ...
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Starting in the early-2020s, as many as 13 U.S. states banned gender affirming health care for transgender youth, [196] with several states further restricting treatment for adults as well. [197] [198] In January 2024, several Republican legislators have expressed their desire to ban gender-affirming healthcare altogether. [199]
The Supreme Court will hear a major case that could determine whether states can block transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming healthcare.. Nearly half of US states have restricted or ...