Protect Intersex Children Act
This bill requires states to prohibit physicians from performing specific non-emergency surgeries on foster children under age 6 who have variations in sex characteristics (commonly called intersex traits), unless the procedure addresses an immediate life threat. It targets procedures like clitoral reduction, gonadectomy, and vaginoplasty that are often done without consent on infants. States must enforce this through licensing penalties, and it applies only to children in foster care as a condition for receiving federal foster care funding. The bill explicitly states it does not restrict medically necessary surgeries or procedures for transgender youth.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Dec 16, 2024
Last action Dec 17, 2024
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2
Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
lower
Dec 16, 2024
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Dec 16, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sylvia R. Garcia
DDemocratic
Co
Al Green
DDemocratic
Co
Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
Co
Delia C. Ramirez
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Erica Lee Carter
DDemocratic
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer L. McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
DDemocratic
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