Criminalization of Gender-Affirming Care — Interfering with Essential Treatment for Transgender Children and Adolescents

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 385; no. 7; pp. 579 - 581
• Main Authors: Martin, Simona, Sandberg, Elizabeth S, Shumer, Daniel E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 12.08.2021
• Subjects: Adolescent Medicine; Adolescent sexuality; Adolescents; and Education; Child development; Children; Endocrine therapy; Families & family life; Gender; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity; Gender-affirming care; Health Law; Health Policy; Legislation; Medical Ethics; Medical Practice; Mental health; Patients; Pediatrics; Pediatrics General; Physicians; Psychiatry; Puberty; Sexuality; State laws; Suicides & suicide attempts; Teenagers; Training; Transgender persons; Young adults; United States > US; Arkansas; Medicine and the Law; Medical Practice; Medical Ethics and Human Rights

Arkansas recently passed a law making it illegal for clinicians to provide gender-affirming treatment to children and adolescents with gender dysphoria. This legislation and similar bills could threaten the health, well-being, and survival of transgender young people.