Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to criminalise life-saving healthcare for trans kids

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Notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to introduce legislation that would criminalise vital gender-affirming care for trans youth.

Greene announced the hateful bill during an appearance on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight show. The far-right wing politician likened gender-affirming healthcare – which has been described by scientists as ‘life-saving’ and backed by leading medical groups like the American Medical Association – to “child abuse”.

Greene believes it is “disgusting” and “absolutely appalling” to provide affirming medical care for trans and non-binary youth. She discussed how her new bill would providing gender-affirming care – including medications, puberty blockers and surgeries – to minors a felony. 

“I’m introducing a bill called the Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” she said. “It would create a law that would cause it to be a class C felony for any person involved in so-called gender-affirming care… anything involving any youth under the age of 18.”

Greene later added on Twitter that her bill, which is set to be introduced Friday (19 August), will block “all taxpayer-funding” for gender-affirming care for minors, ban “colleges from teaching it” and prohibit “foreign aliens who commit” such care from “entering the US”. 

It also blocks all taxpayer-funding for these barbaric procedures, bans colleges from teaching it, and prohibits foreign aliens who commit these appalling acts from entering the U.S. https://t.co/vd0IVmOPSZ

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene