Puerto Rico bans hormone therapy and gender surgery for transgender youth
apnews.com
Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill that prohibits hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from activists in the largely conservative U.S. territory.

The law approved late Wednesday applies to those younger than 21 and calls for 15 years in prison for any violators, as well as a $50,000 penalty and the revocation of all licenses and permits of medical staff.

“Minors, having not yet reached the necessary emotional, cognitive, and physical maturity, are particularly vulnerable to making decisions that can have irreversible consequences,” the law reads. “Therefore, it is the State’s duty to ensure their comprehensive well-being.”

  • unmagical@lemmy.mlEnglish
    35·
    9 days ago

    You can drive, you can kill and die for your country, you can vote*, you can be tried as an adult, you can have kids and pay taxes, but you can’t press pause on puberty.

    Also forcing “irreversible consequences” on someone in the name of preventing “irreversible consequences” is pure dystopian evil.

    *voting rights for citizens of Puerto Rico are vastly repressed compared to the states that are part of the US.