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"...Republicans Add Slate Of Anti-Trans Proposals To Controversial Voting Rights Bill...

...One proposed amendment would create criminal provisions for doctors who provide gender-affirming care, including prescribing puberty blockers or hormones, to transgender youth. The bill would penalize doctors with a fine or up to 10 years in prison. The amendment to criminalize gender-affirming care mirrors language from a bill by former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that stalled in the House.


Another SAVE America Act amendment would bar transgender women and girls from participating in women’s and girls’ sports teams.

“The Senate majority knows that this bill will never get the votes it needs to pass, but they are nevertheless attempting to appease President Trump by taking cheap shots at transgender people,” Caius Willingham, a senior policy analyst at Advocates for Trans Equality, told HuffPost in a statement, noting the amendments could impact more than just transgender people.

“It would also severely impact working-class people, people of color, young people, and anyone else who cannot afford to pay document fees and take time off work to register to vote in person.”

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) on Tuesday said in a statement that he “worked closely” with Trump to amend the bill in light of the president’s “priorities to restore election integrity, keep men out of women’s sports, and protect children from gender mutilation surgeries.”

Schmitt’s office did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment..."