Gender-affirming care banned, criminal penalties for providers
Enacted5/10
North Dakota · North Dakota HB 1254 · Apr 19, 2023
Impact 5/10
Bans gender-affirming medical care for minors, making gender transition surgery on a minor a class B felony and prescribing puberty blockers or hormones a class A misdemeanor. Signed April 19, 2023 with an emergency clause, and the law remains in effect.
LGBTQ+Policing & justiceChildrenTransgender / nonbinaryParents / caregivers
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