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This bill, known as the Protecting Parents of Transgender Children Act, establishes legal protections for parents, legal custodians, and legal guardians regarding medical information and services for minors. The bill defines key terms such as "medically accurate" (information verified by peer-reviewed research or recognized by leading medical organizations), "medically appropriate" (consistent with legal and professional standards and patient circumstances), and "evidence-based" (using current best medical evidence). It prohibits the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its political subdivisions from preventing parents or guardians from obtaining or allowing minors to obtain medically accurate and appropriate information or medical services. Critically, the bill also specifies that parents who obtain such information or services for their minor children cannot be considered to be committing child abuse, provided the information or services are evidence-based and medically appropriate. The act takes effect immediately and appears designed to protect parents' rights to access medical information and services for their children without fear of governmental interference or child abuse allegations.

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https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2025&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=819