People under 18 could not receive certain surgeries or hormone-related drugs when the goal is sex-related body change. Doctors and others who perform or help arrange that care could face up to 10 years in prison.
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Protect Children’s Innocence Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Latest action on H.R. 3492: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects minors seeking gender-related medical care, their families, doctors, hospitals, and others who help arrange or pay for that care. It also affects cases involving female genital mutilation. State medical boards and state lawmakers could also face conflicts if their rules allow care that this federal bill would punish.
Why this matters: This bill matters because it could turn some medical care for minors into a federal crime. Families and doctors could lose the option to choose certain gender-related care, even where state law allows it. The bill could also make federal rules against female genital mutilation broader and clearer. Some effects would depend on how prosecutors, medical boards, and courts apply the bill’s terms.
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