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In a huge win yesterday, Texas Republicans voted to ban child transition, after fierce resistance from Democrats and pro-transgender protesters.

theepochtimes.com/texas-ban-on-g…

The vote mainly along party lines on May 11 came after five hours of debate on Senate Bill 14 that included multiple attempts by Democrats to water down the bill through 19 proposed amendments.

The bill prohibits “treatment” for childhood gender dysphoria including surgeries that sterilize children, such as removing parts of their reproductive systems, mastectomies, and prescribing drugs that induce temporary or permanent infertility, such as cross-sex hormones, or… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Children currently on hormones for gender dysphoria would have to be weaned off the hormones, according to the bill.

The bill gives the attorney general the ability to enforce the law. Doctors who perform gender modification on children will lose their medical licenses to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Dr. Oliverson, who told The Epoch Times last week he looked forward to discussing the bill publicly, said there is no high-quality scientific evidence that puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or surgery help children overcome gender dysphoria.

Oliverson said that evidence of adverse outcomes for such “treatment” is growing.

“Risks including bone demineralization, abnormalities of brain and cardiovascular development, strokes, blood clots, chronic pain, infertility, and incontinence are known to accompany these… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Oliverson said that suicide and gender dysphoria are “something that the literature got wrong from a very early stage.” He said providers erroneously told parents that if they didn’t transition their children, they would commit suicide.

Other Republicans who spoke on the House… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Democrats coordinated a political attack on the bill by calling points of order on clerical errors and open meeting rules on May 2 and May 5. That delayed the second reading of the bill until May 12.

A point of order is a maneuver used to kill bills in the Texas Legislature by… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Democrat state Rep. James Talarico called the legislation banning gender modification “the most dangerous bill being heard” this session.

Democrats said the bill would discriminate against transgender youth and force parents with gender dysphoric children to leave the state.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Democrats also spoke of gender as a spectrum, refusing to agree that there were two biological sexes.

The bill, a priority for the Republican Party of Texas, will now be up for a final vote in the House Monday that would send it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.

Oliverson told The Epoch Times last week that Republicans are committed to seeing the bill through without… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Democrats offered to withdraw one point of order in exchange for his acceptance of an amendment to water down the bill, which Oliverson said he refused.

“So I do think that this strategy for the Democrats is one of diminishing returns, and unfortunately, the clock is not in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…