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Health insurance plans run by U.S. states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. The 8-6 opinion from the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th ...
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.
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 ...
Nearly 15,000 began gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to the study conducted by Reuters and Komodo Health Inc. More: Meet the Tennessee family behind the US Supreme Court's major ...
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 ...
Starting in the early-2020s, as many as 13 U.S. states banned gender affirming health care for transgender youth, [195] with several states further restricting treatment for adults as well. [196] [197] In January 2024, several Republican legislators have expressed their desire to ban gender-affirming healthcare altogether. [198]
Transgender voters who must wait until the age of 18 to receive gender affirming care face barriers in changing their gender on birth certificates and driver's licenses in time for an upcoming election. The process of changing one's name and gender on government issued IDs varies by state, but can take up to 2 months in California. [13]
What they do: Physician Izzy Lowell, MD, started QueerMed in 2017 after realizing there was a huge demand for gender-affirming telehealth care. Currently, QueerMed works across 48 states ...