Marko Liias, a Democrat who was the bill’s primary sponsor. Family reunification efforts would be pursued when possible, according to Washington state Sen. The Washington legislation requires the state Department of Children, Youth and Families to make a “good faith attempt” to notify parents after they are contacted by shelters or host homes and offer services designed to “resolve the conflict and accomplish a reunification of the family,” according to the bill text. The bill does not address custody and would not result in the state taking children away from their homes and parents. Senate GOP leader John Braun said in March that it would drive “a wedge between vulnerable kids and their parents.” Online, some users have twisted the content of the measure to suggest it will see the state ripping children from their homes.īut those claims misrepresented the legislation, which is intended to keep estranged young people housed, according to experts and the lawmaker sponsoring the bill. In Washington, local Republican lawmakers have spent weeks railing against the legislation signed into law Tuesday.
for more than a decade and are standard treatments backed by major doctors’ organizations, including the American Medical Association. Puberty blockers, anti-androgens that block the effects of testosterone, and hormone treatments are far more common than surgery.
Doctors typically guide kids toward therapy or voice coaching long before medical intervention. Yet those operations are rarely performed on minors.
Those who oppose gender-affirming care raise fears about the long-term effects treatments have on teens, argue research is limited and focus particularly on irreversible procedures such as genital surgery or mastectomies. Restrictions have gone into effect in eight states this year - including conservative Utah and South Dakota - and are slated to in at least nine more by next year. Protections in blue states are being baked into law as Republican-led states take steps to bar access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors, which for people under 18 typically involves puberty blockers or other hormone treatments.
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