Tue May 2, 2023 – 4:45 pm EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The governor of Oklahoma signed a bill into law on Monday that makes the state the latest to ban drugs and surgeries for gender-confused minors.
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt enacted the country’s most recent legislation to effectively eliminate child mutilation for kids experiencing gender dysphoria and paving the way for victims of such abuse to take legal action against those who perpetrated it.
SB 613 states that “a health care provider shall not knowingly provide gender transition procedures to any child” and that those who violate the law “shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony.” Additionally, “an adverse ruling by the provider’s respective licensing board” would make him or her “guilty of unprofessional conduct.”
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The law defines “gender transition procedures” as “surgical procedures that alter or remove physical or anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for the individual’s biological sex” and “puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, or other drugs to suppress or delay normal puberty or to promote the development of feminizing or masculinizing features consistent with
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