WV GOP caves, agrees to ‘mental health’ exception in sex change treatment ban for minors

The West Virginia legislature passed a ban on sex change surgeries, cross sex hormones, and puberty blockers with exceptions for patients at significant “suicide risk” Saturday. Senate Majority Leader Tom Takubo, a Republican, urged the changes to the original bill, which allows exemptions to the bill’s ban on transgender treatments for minors if the child is at significant risk of suicide. Takubo cited claims that suicide and suicidal ideation significantly reduces for minors who experience gender dysphoria and receive “gender-reassignment” treatments. (RELATED: Norway Decides ‘Gender Affirming Care’ Is ‘Not Evidence...