Puerto Rico Criminalizes Gender-Affirming Care for People Under 21

https://truthout.org/articles/puerto-rico-criminalizes-gender-affirming-care-for-people-under-21/

However, civil rights organizations aim to challenge the law in court.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://truthout.org/articles/puerto-rico-criminalizes-gender-affirming-care-for-people-under-21/


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selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Tampons are gender affirming care. They gonna criminalizes that too?

jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

Don't give them ideas...

DrFistington@lemmy.world · -20 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I'm not really against this. We don't even let children consent to medical procedures themselves until they are 18.

toomanypancakes@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

So what about kids with cancer? They can't consent to medical treatments, right?

Mothra@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 1y

Is it necessary to criminalize though? You can make it illegal, which I also don't agree with, but find slightly more reasonable than downright criminal