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News Articles: transgender care

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, seen delivering the State of the State address on Jan. 25, has signed a bill that would ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18.

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Georgia governor signs bill banning most gender-affirming care for trans children

The state will ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18 with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp.

March 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A person holds up a flag during rally to protest the Trump administration's reported transgender proposal to narrow the definition of gender to male or female at birth, at City Hall in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

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Political Rewind: SB 140 passes; Debate over rural hospitals; Atlanta preps for chance to host DNC

Wednesday at Political Rewind: The Legislature passed Senate Bill 140, which would block gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Will Gov. Brian Kemp sign the bill? Meanwhile: Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is pushing a bill on hospitals in rural Georgia that could benefit his family's business.

March 22, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
 Anna Lange, a sergeant in the Houston County Sheriff’s Department, at her home in Georgia Credit: Annie Tritt, special to ProPublica

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This Georgia county spent $1 million to avoid paying for one employee’s gender-affirming care

Officials in Houston County said gender-affirming surgery for sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange was too costly. They spent more than $1 million on private lawyers in a fight to keep transition-related care from being covered by their health plan — far more than it would have cost the county to offer such coverage to all of its 1,500 health plan members.

March 21, 2023
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By:
  • Aliyya Swaby and
  • Lucas Waldron
SB 140, a bill restricting access to some health care for transgender children, passed the Georgia House Thursday, March 16.

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Georgia House approves ban on some gender-affirming care for transgender children

The Republican-led chamber voted to outlaw hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery for transgender minors.

March 16, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Lawsuits have been filed in West Virginia and North Carolina challenging the states' restrictions on the use of abortion pills.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Texas judge to rule on 'abortion pill'; More on Trump and Ralston's 2020 call

Thursday on Political Rewind: A Texas federal judge says he’ll rule soon on the use of a pill that induces more than half of the abortions in the U.S. Plus, new details on the 2020 phone conversation between former President Donald Trump and late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston.

March 16, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 20 pitched her legislation to make it a felony to perform gender-affirming care on transgender youth. Jennifer Shutt/Georgia Recorder

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Political Rewind: Republicans push anti-transgender legislation; activist had hands up when killed

Monday on Political Rewind: With the 2024 elections around the corner, Republicans nationwide are promoting anti-transgender legislation. We look at the measures under the Dome. Plus, the mother of Manuel Teran says an independent autopsy shows the activist's hands were raised when they were killed. 

March 13, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R - Newington) speaks at the Georgia State Capitol on March 6, 2023 (GPB News / Sarah Kallis)

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Political Rewind: What's still standing after Crossover Day; Dozens charged with domestic terror

Tuesday on Political Rewind: We now know the winners and losers from Crossover Day. Sports betting falls short, but our panel breaks down what remains.
Some two dozen people were charged with domestic terrorism in response to violence at the planned police training facility. 

March 07, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut and
  • Chase McGee
State Sen. Sally Harrell, D-Atlanta, spoke against a bill that would bar gender-affirming hormone therapy or surgery for transgender Georgia youth.

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  • Politics

State Senate approves bill barring Georgia youth from obtaining some gender-affirming care

The Republican-controlled state Senate approved a bill Monday night that would bar certain gender-affirming treatments for youths under age 18. 

March 07, 2023
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine
 Micah Rich, a staff accountant at the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, is part of a group suing the state over its ban on treatments for state employees seeking care in relation to gender transphoria. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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State workers sue to end ban on transgender health care benefits

The case suing the state for denying coverage of transgender-related health care in the Georgia State Health Benefit Plan was filed Wednesday in federal court in Atlanta on behalf of a staff accountant at the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, a school media clerk in Bibb County, and an anonymous employee of the Division of Family and Children Services on behalf of her young adult child who is enrolled in the state plan.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Dozens of counter-protesters attempted to disrupt an anti-trans rally outside the Tennessee capitol building on October 21 with signs, sirens and shouting.

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  • Health

Families fear a ban on gender affirming care in the wake of harassment of clinics

Activists are campaigning against clinics that offer care for transgender teenagers. Some families worry that will only fuel efforts to ban gender-affirming care in their state.

November 01, 2022
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By:
  • Blake Farmer

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