Tennessee moves to ban gender transition for minors

Tennessee lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would ban puberty blockers as well as sex change hormones and surgeries in the state.

Republican Tennessee Majority Leaders William Lamberth and Jack Johnson introduced the Protecting Children from Gender Mutilation Act to bar doctors from prescribing controversial transgender procedures. The bill would also allow patients and families to sue doctors for up to $25,000 for each violation of the rule, according to documents obtained by WKRN State Capitol Reporter Chris O’Brien.

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State legislators first moved to ban sex change procedures for minors in September, as Lamberth and Johnson moved to introduce legislation to that effect.

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