Published: June 06, 2023
By: Jenna Bridges, LSU Manship School News Service
Rep. Michael “Gabe” Firment proposed banning healthcare professionals from administering hormone therapy or performing surgery as gender-affirming care for anyone under 18.
BATON ROUGE, La. — House bills limiting gender-affirming care, pronoun use in schools and classroom discussion of gender and sexuality passed the Senate Monday.
The bills are part of a national Republican push to restrict transgender activity by minors.
Rep. Michael “Gabe” Firment, R-Pollock, authored House Bill 648, a bill that would prohibit healthcare professionals from administering hormone therapy or performing surgery as gender-affirming care for anyone under 18.
The bill had been temporarily shot down by Republican Sen. Fred Mills’ tie-breaking vote in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee May 24.
Firment’s bill passed the Senate today, 29-10, after it advanced through the Senate Judiciary Committee. It now goes back to the House for concurrence in Senate amendments.
House Bill 81 and House Bill 466 both passed the Senate, too.
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