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This bill aims to protect minors from gender-transition medical procedures by establishing a legal framework that allows individuals who underwent such procedures before turning 18 to sue medical practitioners. Specifically, the bill creates a private right of action where a person can sue a medical practitioner who performed a gender-transition procedure on them before they turned 18, with the ability to file a lawsuit up to 30 years after turning 18. The bill defines gender-transition procedures as puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, or surgeries intended to change an individual's body to conform to their gender identity. The bill provides exceptions for medical procedures related to intersex conditions, treating medical complications, or addressing imminent health risks. Additionally, the bill includes provisions that protect medical practitioners' freedom of conscience by preventing mandatory performance of gender-transition procedures and threatens states that require such procedures with ineligibility for federal health funding. The bill defines biological sex based on genetic and physiological characteristics at birth and provides a comprehensive set of definitions and circumstances under which a medical practitioner could be held liable, including interstate commerce connections. The act would take effect immediately upon enactment.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/209/all-info