Coverage dated May 19, 2023

A look inside the playbook on transgender health bills

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

Legislation to restrict gender-affirming care is often pre-written and shopped out by a handful of interest groups. So-called model legislation has been used in statehouses for decades. Critics say model

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    A look inside the playbook on transgender health bills (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Legislation to restrict gender-affirming care is often pre-written and shopped out by a handful of interest groups. So-called model legislation has been used in statehouses for decades. Critics say model

  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Transgender health: Comparing model bills to real proposals (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    An Associated Press analysis has found that many of this year’s statehouse proposals to restrict gender-affirming care for youths are identical or very similar to some model legislation. The AP

  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Many transgender health bills came from a handful of far-right interest groups, AP finds (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    Legislation to restrict gender-affirming care is often pre-written and shopped out by a handful of interest groups. So-called model legislation has been used in statehouses for decades. Critics say model

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