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Overview
This bill prohibits gender transition medical procedures on minors and empowers federal health authorities to penalize providers who perform such procedures on children.
Law Today
Currently, states and the federal government do not have uniform restrictions on gender transition medical procedures for minors; some states permit such procedures with parental consent and medical evaluation, while others restrict or prohibit them. This bill would establish a federal prohibition.
If Passed
The bill would make it illegal under federal law to perform gender transition medical procedures (such as hormone therapy or surgery) on minors, and would authorize the federal government to impose civil penalties on doctors and medical providers who do so. Christian families opposed to such procedures for their minor children would gain federal legal backing for that position.
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Likely Support
For Christian parents who hold traditional beliefs about biological sex and who wish to protect their minor children from medical gender transition, this bill would establish federal legal protection for that parental authority and prevent such procedures. It aligns with religious-liberty and parental-rights values central to Christian family autonomy.
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Likely supporters & opponents
Likely support
- Religious-liberty and religious-conservative organizations — Parents and faith communities should have the authority to direct their minor children's medical care according to their beliefs about human sexuality and biological sex.
- Parental-rights advocacy organizations — Parents, not medical providers or government agencies, should have primary authority over significant medical decisions for their minor children.
- Pro-life and traditional-values organizations — Gender transition procedures alter the natural human body and are inconsistent with the belief that human bodies as created should be affirmed.
Likely opposition
- Medical associations and pediatric organizations — Established clinical guidelines support gender-affirming medical care for some transgender youth as medically necessary and safe when properly evaluated and supervised.
- Civil-liberties organizations — Such restrictions interfere with parental choice, medical professional judgment, and the healthcare decisions of adolescents approaching adulthood.
- LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations — Federal prohibition denies transgender youth access to medical care that mental-health and medical evidence shows can reduce distress and improve outcomes.
AI-inferred typical positions based on the bill’s substance — general stakeholder categories, not confirmed endorsements.
Official summary
A bill to prohibit gender transition procedures on minors, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose civil penalties on persons who perform gender transition procedures on minors, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
- Roger Marshall (R)
- Mike Lee (R)
Status timeline
- 2026-04-29Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.S
H = House · S = Senate · A = Assembly