Republished with original linked at the bottom. We can only add that email writers ought to mention that the World Health Organization recently admitted the evidence base for pediatric sex trait modification is “limited and variable regarding longer-term outcomes.” My letter is below the link to the original.
In Maine, proposed legislation LD 1735, called “An Act to Safeguard Gender Affirming Care,” will soon be reviewed and voted on by the legislature’s Judiciary Committee. LD 1735 seeks to follow in the footsteps of the California bill that prevents law enforcement from reuniting minors with their parents if they travel to the state in an attempt to receive “gender-affirming care” including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery. If passed, the bill would prevent Maine law enforcement from cooperating with police from another state to return a minor who comes to Maine for these medical interventions. This provision would apply even in cases when the minor was brought to Mai…
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