Republican Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed a bill that bans transgender surgical procedures on children in the Cornhusker State – this makes Nebraska the 18th state to establish this ban. The bill also includes a ban on most abortions at 12 weeks.
“Today is a historic day in the State of Nebraska. It is a day where we are standing up and protecting our kids so that they can have a better and brighter future,” Pillen said in a press release. “LB574 is the most significant win for social conservatives in a generation and is part of what has been a historic legislative session with senators voting for policies that protect our kids, cut taxes, grow agriculture, and defend our Nebraska values.”
Although the law does not explicitly ban certain procedures like cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers, it does give some jurisdiction to the state’s chief medical officer, appointed by the governor, to regulate this.
What are some examples of these surgeries dubbed as “gender-affirming care” for children? According to Health.com, this includes hormone therapy which would disrupt a child’s normal hormone development.
For girls who “identity” as boys, surgeries include chest masculinization (breast tissue removal and areola and nipple repositioning/reshaping), hysterectomies (uterus removal), metoidioplasty (lengthening the clitoris), oophorectomy (ovary removal), phalloplasty (surgery to create an artificial penis) and scrotoplasty (surgery to create an artificial scrotum).
For boys who “identify” as girls, surgeries include breast augmentation, facial feminization surgery, penectomy (penis removal), scrotectomy (scrotum removal), orchiectomy (testicle removal), chondrolaryngoplasty (tracheal shave to reduce an Adam’s apple), vaginoplasty (artificial vagina) and voice feminization.
States that have banned transgender surgeries for minors:
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Utah
- West Virginia
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