
UPDATE: Senate File 111 was not considered for introduction in the House. The bill is now dead.
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Senate File 111 would define medically necessary gender-affirming health care as a form of child abuse, a felony punishable up to 10 years in prison.
By labeling medical care supported by every major medical association – including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association – as child abuse, Wyoming legislators are is compromising the health of trans youth in dangerous and potentially life-threatening ways.