Puerto Rico bans sex-change procedures for minors
Puerto Rico bans sex-change procedures for minors
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter
Christian Post,
Puerto Rico has banned so-called gender transition procedures for minors, joining more than two dozen states in prohibiting trans-identified youth from obtaining the life-altering surgeries and drugs.
Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 350, also known as the Law for the Protection of the Health and Well-being of Minors in Puerto Rico, into law last Wednesday. Her signature follows the approval from the Puerto Rico Senate in a 24-2 vote and the Puerto Rico House of Representatives in a 47-4 vote.
The bill is now in effect as Public Law 63-2025.
The measure "prohibits medical or surgical procedures that alter the sexual biology of minors under the pretext of gender transition, including irreversible hormone interventions" and "establishes a penalty of fifteen years in prison for violators... "
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