California Dems Want To Fast-Track Medical Licenses for Applicants Who Will Provide Gender-Affirming Care
Susannah Luthi
May 29, 2024
California’s medical credentialing boards would have to fast-track licenses for clinicians and therapists focused on gender transitions and other gender-affirming care under a bill that has already cleared the state assembly.
The legislation would require the state medical board, osteopathic board, nursing board, and physicians assistant board to expedite licenses "for an applicant who demonstrates that they intend to provide gender-affirming health care and gender-affirming mental health care."
"Gender-affirming care" includes puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and body-modification surgeries that "respect" someone’s gender identity "as experienced and defined by the patient." The bill’s proponents include Planned Parenthood, which has drawn fire even from proponents of gender transitions for doling out sex-change drugs to special-needs teens after 30-minute consultations, and Equality California.
https://freebeacon.com/california/california-dems-want-to-fast-track-medical-licenses-for-applicants-who-will-provide-gender-affirming-care/