Sen. Hawley Proposes a Bill to Let Victims of Child 'Gender Transitions' Sue Those Responsible

Calvin Freiburger : Jan 31, 2025
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Senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill that would empower Americans who were harmed by "transition" procedures as children to sue those responsible, following an executive order by President Trump calling for such legislation.

(Washington, DC) — [LifeSiteNews.com] US Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would empower Americans who were harmed by "gender transition" procedures as minors to sue those responsible for damages, following an executive order by President Donald Trump calling for such legislation. (Screengrab image: via YouTube)

Named after a whistleblower who exposed the practices of St. Louis Children's Hospital's gender program in 2023, the Jamie Reed Protecting Our Kids from Child Abuse Act would establish that anyone who "suffers bodily injury or harm to mental health that is attributable, in whole or in part, to a gender-transition procedure provided to the individual when the individual was a minor" may "bring a civil action against an individual or entity" responsible for compensation and damages (plus attorney fees), up to 30 years after turning 18.

The bill also prohibits federal funding for any "pediatric gender clinic," "institution of higher education or hospital that hosts, operates, partners with, provides funding to, or is otherwise affiliated with, a pediatric gender clinic"or "for any gender-transition procedure performed on a minor."

The bill follows an executive order that Trump signed on Tuesday to end all federal support for "transition" procedures on minors, rescind or amend all of the Biden health bureaucracy's past endorsements of underage "transitioning," review the medical literature on the subject, enforce all existing restrictions on underage "transitioning," and take regulatory action to "end" the practice to the greatest extent possible under current law... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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