What’s Next for MTG’s Bill Ending Trans Surgeries for Minors? |
The House of Representatives passed a bill to make it a felony to facilitate transgender procedures on minors Wednesday, but does it have any shot of becoming law?
The bill, titled the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, passed by a 216-to-211 margin.
Three Democrats, Reps. Don Davis of North Carolina, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, and Henry Cuellar of Texas, joined 213 Republicans in support of the legislation introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.
But 4 Republicans joined 207 Democrats in opposition: Reps. Mike Lawler of New York, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mike Kennedy of Utah, and Gabe Evans of Colorado.
What could the opposition of a small number of House GOP moderates bode for the bill that now heads to the Senate?
Greene’s bill would make performing transgender surgeries or procedures on minors a felony.
The House vote on Wednesday was the first time this Congress Republicans had brought a ban on transgender procedures and surgeries for........