Lawmakers in the Louisiana state Senate passed a bill on Monday to ban hormone therapies, puberty blockers, and sex change surgeries for minors.
House Bill 648, known as the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act,” was revived after having been killed by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee last month. It will now return to the House to approve minor amendments.
The legislation passed along party lines in a 29–10 vote and, if passed in the House, which already voted overwhelming in favor of the bill, will go to the desk of Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who supports “gender-affirming care” and opposes the measure….