![]() ![]() The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services does not have quantitative data on how many of these surgeries are performed on transgender minors, spokesperson Bailey Pennington said. While doctors sometimes provide puberty blocking drugs or hormones to young patients who are experiencing gender dysphoria, they very rarely perform irreversible procedures such as genital surgery or mastectomies on minors. I am against children being preyed upon.” “I am a proud family member of several in that camp, and we love each other. “I am not against LGBTQ," he said during floor debate. Ken Fontenot, a Wilson County Republican and one of the bill's primary sponsors, said performing gender-affirming surgeries on children and teenagers is "a grave injustice.” But several transgender residents who rallied outside the legislature Tuesday after they were barred from speaking in committee said they worried the restrictions would have detrimental effects on youth mental health. Republican sponsors argued the bill will protect kids from receiving irreversible procedures before they are old enough to make their own informed medical decisions. ![]() ![]() If it becomes law, North Carolina physicians would be unable to refer a minor to another health care provider to receive gender-affirming surgeries. ![]()
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