“The passage of House Bill 1/Senate Bill 1 will protect vulnerable children who cannot give informed consent for adult decisions they are not ready for,” Lamberth stated. “Tennesseans across the state have called for immediate action.”
The bill cites a lack of adequate evidence to support "gender-affirming" treatments and calls for a systematic review of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex change surgeries such as bilateral mastectomies for minors.
A Georgia couple is being accused of sexually abusing their adopted children and using them to produce "homemade" child pornography, prosecutors allege.
The bill says "general statutes be amended to allow a child twelve years of age or older to receive a vaccination with the consent of such child's parent or guardian."
Report titled "Reassigned" states that "extreme gender ideology drives the United States to provide transgender medical care to younger children, while Europe goes a safer and more scientific route."
Bill goes "far beyond any interpretation of the Minnesota Supreme Court case Doe v. Gomez," which is the state’s version of Roe v. Wade, legal experts say.
