{"id":10521,"date":"2023-04-24T16:10:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T16:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=10521"},"modified":"2023-04-24T16:10:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T16:10:37","slug":"indiana-governor-signs-ban-on-gender-affirming-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=10521","title":{"rendered":"Indiana governor signs ban on gender-affirming care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;Indiana\u2019s governor signed a bill banning all gender-affirming care for minors&#8230;joining at least 12 other states that have enacted laws restricting or banning&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/science-health-mental-ce8f5a9ee53768af03c3c65d5331045b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">such care<\/a>.&#8221;<br>&#8230;<br>&#8220;Opponents of the legislation said the types of care the bill would ban, such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers, are vital and often life-saving for transgender kids. Medical providers say most of the procedures banned in the bill are reversible and safe for minors. Transgender medical treatments for children and teens have been available in the U.S. for more than a decade and are endorsed by major medical associations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But supporters of the legislation have contended such care is not reversible or carries side effects that only an adult \u2014 and not a minor\u2019s parent \u2014 can consent to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawmakers also banned gender-transition surgeries for minors in the state, though hospital representatives in Indiana told lawmakers doctors do not perform genital surgeries for minors or provide them surgery referrals.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/04\/05\/indiana-governor-signs-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-00090623\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/04\/05\/indiana-governor-signs-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-00090623<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Indiana\u2019s governor signed a bill banning all gender-affirming care for minors&#8230;joining at least 12 other states that have enacted laws restricting or banning such care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Opponents of the legislation said the types of care the bill would ban, such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers, are vital and often life-saving for transgender kids. Medical providers say most of the procedures banned in the bill are reversible and safe for minors. Transgender medical treatments for children and teens have been available in the U.S. for more than a decade and are endorsed by major medical associations.<br \/>\nBut supporters of the legislation have contended such care is not reversible or carries side effects that only an adult \u2014 and not a minor\u2019s parent \u2014 can consent to.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers also banned gender-transition surgeries for minors in the state, though hospital representatives in Indiana told lawmakers doctors do not perform genital surgeries for minors or provide them surgery referrals.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[423,421,918,653,73,1438,403],"class_list":["post-10521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-abuse-of-power","tag-gender","tag-gender-identity","tag-governors","tag-healthcare","tag-indiana","tag-trans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10522,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10521\/revisions\/10522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}