More than 450 North Carolina healthcare professionals in recent days have signed ancondemning a proposed state ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, legislation the signatories decried as a"dangerous governmental intrusion into the practice of medicine."
Among the anti-LGBTQ+ bills recently introduced in North Carolina's Republican-led Legislature is the so-called, which if passed will ban doctors from providing hormone treatments, puberty blockers, and other gender-affirming care. Violators would lose their medical licenses and be fined $1,000. "We applaud healthcare providers for taking a stand for trans youth and the LGBTQ+ community. Their voices are a powerful force against the hateful attacks on trans kids," Kendra Johnson, executive director at the advocacy group Equality NC, said in a statement praising the letter."Legislators need to stay out of our private lives and let healthcare providers do their jobs."
"North Carolina's leading medical experts are demanding that lawmakers listen to their concerns, and accepted medical best practices, before rushing through this dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ agenda," Scott added.