Two Missouri Senate bills related to youth transgender issues were approved by lawmakers Thursday after being held up for weeks by Democrats. SB 49, the “Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act,” passed 24-8. It forbids medical providers from giving cross-sex hormones, puberty-blockers or sex-change surgery to minors.   SB 39 passed 25-8. It would prevent…

(Daily Caller) – Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming grilled a witness during a Thursday hearing, asking if she believed preventing teachers from showing first graders pornographic magazines was “censorship.” “Miss Johnson, I just have a real, quick question for you: Do you believe it is censorship to prohibit teachers from exposing first graders to Penthouse…

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox made history by approving the nation’s first laws requiring parental consent for a minor to use a social media application. Four other states are considering similar measures, NBC News reports. Lawmakers say the new Utah laws, H.B. 311 and S.B. 152,  address what some believe is a growing youth mental health crisis, exacerbated by…

Doctors are considering an experimental surgery to enable biological males to become pregnant and give birth, and few are considering the ethics beyond the risk to the patient’s health. Uterine transplants (UTx) among women are rare, but allow a woman suffering from uterine factor infertility to conceive and carry a child. The first successful woman-to-woman UTx…

(The Center Square) – The Georgia Senate passed a modified version of a bill that would restrict certain surgical procedures on minors for gender dysphoria on Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union is promising to sue if Gov. Brian Kemp signs it into law. Senate Bill 140 would ban any gender dysphoria-related surgical procedures and hormone…

(The Center Square) – The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that makes using transgender student pronouns optional for teachers. Senate Bill 2231 would also ban schools and school districts from adopting policies regarding gender or offering professional development on gender issues. “This is a back-to-the-basics bill,” said Rep. Lori VanWinkle, R-Minot. “We…

(The Center Square) – Libraries in Illinois, including at K-12 schools, could see their funding cut if there are efforts to restrict books under a bill that passed the House Wednesday. House Bill 2789 would limit federal pass-through tax dollars through the Illinois Secretary of State’s office for libraries that remove or restrict certain books. State…

In an op-ed disguised as a scientific research paper, Pentagon doctors are pressing to allow children as young as 7 to make medical decisions about transitioning to another gender. “We believe the DoD can continue to lead in this domain,” concluded authors David A. Klein, Natasha A. Schvey, Thomas A. Baxter, Noelle S. Larson, and Christina…

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill on Tuesday restricting bathroom use in public schools to members of the same biological sex. “The Governor has said she will sign laws that focus on protecting and educating our kids, not indoctrinating them and believes our schools are no place for the radical left’s woke agenda,” said…

The morning after Missouri’s attorney general announced emergency regulations for cross-sex treatments for minors, state senators finally advanced two bills with similar restrictions. The new regulations from AG Andrew Bailey, announced Monday, will establish rigorous guardrails to protect gender-dysphoric youth, including requiring more thorough psychiatric assessments, autism screening, and ensuring patients aren’t being socially pressured into…