Bill > S312

This bill establishes a comprehensive legal framework to create federal liability for pediatric gender clinics and related entities offering gender-transition procedures to minors. Specifically, the bill defines "gender-transition procedures" as medical interventions like puberty-blocking drugs, hormone treatments, or surgeries that aim to alter a person's body to match their gender identity when it differs from their biological sex. The bill allows individuals who received such procedures as minors to file civil lawsuits against pediatric gender clinics, medical practitioners, hospitals, and educational institutions associated with these clinics, with the option to seek compensatory and punitive damages up to 30 years after turning 18. The bill also prohibits federal funding for pediatric gender clinics, affiliated institutions, and gender-transition procedures for minors. Notably, the bill includes exceptions for intersex individuals, medical treatments addressing specific health conditions, and cases where a physician determines a procedure is necessary to prevent imminent medical danger. The legislation would apply retroactively to all gender-transition procedures, regardless of when they were performed, and contains a severability clause to ensure that if any part of the act is found unconstitutional, the remaining provisions would remain in effect.

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