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Up now in Texas Senate: #SB1029 which would prohibit public $ for "provision or administration" of gender-affirming care for all ages of patients.
Would also make insurers "strictly liable" to pay for detransitions, and make it easier to sue doctors for malpractice. #txlege
Would also make insurers "strictly liable" to pay for detransitions, and make it easier to sue doctors for malpractice. #txlege
Sen @NathanForTexas asks: "If a patient comes in and requests a procedure, and the physician provides the procedure and does so competently, that physician is nevertheless liable to that patient for anything that follows that procedure?"
@SenBobHall: "That's it." #txlege
@SenBobHall: "That's it." #txlege
@NathanForTexas @SenBobHall Sen @sarah_eckhardt asks if an adult gets gender modification surgery then can tell the doctor who provided it: "Now you must pay for all of my subsequent treatment for the rest of my life?"
Hall: "Related to the surgery." #txlege #SB1029 #LGBTQ
Hall: "Related to the surgery." #txlege #SB1029 #LGBTQ
Sen. @DonnaCampbellTX, R-New Braunfels, now laying out #SB14, which would ban gender-affirming care for minors. Says it's all about "child protection."
"Sometimes we must work hard against something in order to fight for something," she says. #txlege
"Sometimes we must work hard against something in order to fight for something," she says. #txlege
@DonnaCampbellTX Sen. Jose @Menendez4Texas, D-San Antonio, asks why Campbell, who is a physician herself, wants to get in between patients and doctors.
She says this is a situation where the system can't regulate itself + the gov't needs to step in.
She says this is a situation where the system can't regulate itself + the gov't needs to step in.
@DonnaCampbellTX @Menendez4Texas Campbell says there is a "social contagion" when it comes to transgender children.
This is a frequent argument used by conservatives, but important to note there is no definitive research proving social media has influence over gender identity.
This is a frequent argument used by conservatives, but important to note there is no definitive research proving social media has influence over gender identity.
