HEALTHCARE POLICY AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE UPDATES
SPN continues to advocate for you and our patients, and it is our stance that every child deserves access to medical care and consultation. As we shared last year, the Healthcare Policy and Advocacy Committee set in motion SPN’s partnership with a coalition of 20+ other medical societies to advocate the necessity of medical access for all children, especially those children who are currently under threat of losing access such as those seeking gender affirming care. Currently, legislation in the following states is being brought forward in a variety of different paths to block access to medical care. We’ve included a list of those states and a relevant news article regarding the legislation within that state. If this is a topic of interest for you, we encourage you to:
- Continue to educate yourself on the individual bills and lawsuits within the state of interest by reviewing the actual bill, available legal proceedings, and a variety of news articles.
- Then review SPN’s State Advocacy Resources for guidance on grassroot level advocacy.
STATE-BY-STATE INFORMATION
- Alabama: Justice Department Challenges Alabama Law that Criminalizes Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Youth
- Arkansas: Judge rules Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors violates US Constitution
- Georgia: Georgia's ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect July 1
- Kentucky: Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care takes effect as federal judge lifts injunction
- Idaho: Idaho governor signs bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors
- Oklahoma: Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kids
- Florida: Florida families face confusion after gender-affirming care ban temporarily blocked
- Texas: ACLU plans to sue Texas over ban on certain medical treatments for transgender kids