A bill seeking to empower minors to sue health care professionals who conduct “gender transition procedures” on them passed the Arkansas House on Wednesday, and is now awaiting approval from the governor.
The Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023 (pdf) gives minors a window of time to sue doctors who performed “gender affirming” medical procedures on them.
Minors would have a legal right to sue for a period of 15 years after they turn 18, at which point they would be 33 years old.
The bill states that a health care professional who performs a procedure on a minor “is liable to the minor if the minor is injured, including without limitation any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological injury, by the gender transition procedure, related treatment, or the after effects of the gender transition procedure or related treatment.”…