House Passes Nationwide Ban On Trans Procedures For Gender-Confused Children
The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would ban doctors nationwide from performing transgender-related medical procedures on minors, including surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormone treatments.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, passed by a vote of 216 to 211. It includes criminal penalties for healthcare providers who violate the law, including fines and potential prison sentences of up to 10 years.
Greene said the legislation is about protecting children from irreversible decisions being pushed by political ideology and medical profiteering. “Most Americans agree that kids just need to grow up before they do anything radical, like a mastectomy on a 15-year-old girl, castrate themselves through surgery, or even take dangerous drugs that have lifelong effects,” she said on the House floor.
Three Democrats—Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, and Donald Davis of North Carolina—broke with their party to support the measure. On the Republican side, four lawmakers opposed it: Gabe Evans of Colorado, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mike Kennedy of Utah, and Mike Lawler of New York.
Known as the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” the bill prohibits doctors from prescribing puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to minors, citing long-term impacts on fertility, cardiovascular health, and sexual development. It also bans surgical procedures such as breast removal and genital modification for individuals under 18.
Supporters of the bill argue that it’s about safeguarding vulnerable children from medical practices they say are experimental and driven by ideology. Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, applauded its passage, saying, “Republicans showed today that they are as committed to protecting children as Democrats are to disfiguring them.”
Schilling criticized Democrats for siding with what he called a “multi-billion-dollar industry that profits off of the misery of American kids,” and said the party has been overtaken by radical gender ideology.
The bill now heads to the Senate, where similar legislation has already been introduced by Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. That bill has not moved forward, and Senate Democrats are expected to oppose Greene’s House version.
The Trump administration has endorsed the effort, echoing Republican-led states that have passed or are considering similar laws. More than two dozen states have already implemented restrictions on transgender procedures for minors in some form, typically citing health risks and lack of long-term data.
While the Senate remains a hurdle, Wednesday’s vote in the House marks the most significant federal step yet in the movement to curb transgender medical procedures for minors.