April 19, 2021 Group Watch: House Divided on Bill to Ban Treatments for Transgender Minors
Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon said lawmakers are divided over a bill that would ban certain treatments for transgender minors. The bill passed the Senate earlier in the session and now faces debate in the House. But leaders in the House says there is some division over the bill. Some members are are concerned by reports they have received about treatments given to some children. There is concern about the age of the children and the drugs being given to them, and then there is the issue of parental rights. Speaker McCutcheon said that given the differences over the bill, there would likely be strong debate and with less than 10 days left, the focus should be on the budgets.
