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So, two things:

1) that bill was introduced in march and went nowhere... so not really anything at all, tons of lawmakers push pie-in-the-sky legistation bec they're nuts but aside from hitting the committee, it goes nowhere bec it's nuts.

2) This appears to limit it to under 26, and while yes, theoretically that is an adult, it's not all adults and is really meant to prevent people who don't have fully developed brains from making life altering decisions. Its the same reason most doctors will refuse to perform hysterectomies on women under the age of 30. kids and young adults make really dumb decisions that they often regret for the rest of their lives... why not protect them from that, especially at a time when there is a clear social contagion.

>>vxNsr+(OP)
Look at where we are right now: I showed you that conservative politicians introduced legislation to ban transitioning for some adults. Where before the point was "it's just in schools and with kids", now it's suddenly "why not protect them from social contagion". Can't you at least keep your principles for 3-4 comments before dropping them?

>>Timon3+QC1
Protect children from social contagion. But again. It not a passed law. It’s simply something an eccentric no name lawmaker in Texas proposed. It doesn’t appear to have made it out of committee… should we judge the entire Democratic Party based on the crazy proposals of the socialists who are under their umbrella?

There was a dem lawmaker who wanted to add an amendment to some bill in Montana that removed language about pedophilia… should we assume that all democrats are propedophilia now?

>>vxNsr+NO2
> Protect children from social contagion.

And there you go again - "children", except it's "children and adults"! In what other context are people treated as children while 25?

And I asked whether this was enough or not, because (naturally) this is not the only example. Here is a current bill from Florida which "prohibits health insurance policy & health maintenance contract from providing coverage for gender clinical interventions": https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1421/ByVersion

This is in addition to the stronger and more inflammatory language that conservatives are using these days, including the reaction to any corporate interaction with transgender individuals (Budlight etc.)

And one last point I want to get back to:

> social contagion

You believe this to be a social contagion. This is not what current scientific studies indicate, and it is definitely not broadly accepted. You putting it this way says a lot about you.