Performing trans surgery on children, as well as prescribing a child with puberty blockers, is now a felony offence in the state of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law measures forbidding the use of medical transgender interventions on children, with it now being a felony offence in the state to perform trans surgery on a child or prescribe them puberty blockers.
According to a report by Fox News, Stitt signed SB 613 into law on Monday, with the newly enacted bill rendering the provision of puberty blockers to children under the age of 18 a felony.
Conducting trans surgery on children or providing them with drugs that suppress or delay normal puberty is also made an offence by the bill.
"We cannot turn a blind eye to what's happening across our nation, and as governor, I am proud to stand up for what's right and ban life-altering transition surgeries on children in the state of Oklahoma," he went on to say.
The measures see Oklahoma join 15 other U.S. states which have either banned or restricted transgender surgery for children, with over 20 other states in the country currently considering the implementation of similar measures.
Vowing to challenge the bill in court, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma denounced the measure as "Anti-science", describing medical child transgenderism as necessary to allow under-18s to "Live authentically as themselves".
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