Wyoming’s Republican Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill Friday that would outlaw child sex reassignment procedures and vetoed a bill that would impose further restrictions on abortion clinics, including required licensing.
SF0099, also titled “Children’s Gender Reassignment Ban,” prohibits doctors from performing gender reassignment surgery or administering related drugs to children. This law specifically states “surgeries to sterilize children, including castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, endometrioplasty, orchidectomy, penectomy, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty.” was prohibited.
The bill also specifies that drugs prohibited under the law include “any of the following prescription drugs that induce temporary or permanent infertility,” and the list includes: “Puberty suppression, or blocking prescription drugs to stop or delay normal puberty.” ”
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The bill also outlined a variety of procedures that would be exempt from the law, including procedures and treatments performed on children as a result of “medically verifiable genetic disorders of sexual development.” The law states that parent/guardian consent is required.
Wyoming’s Republican Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill Friday that would outlaw child sex reassignment procedures and vetoed a bill that would impose further restrictions on abortion clinics, including required licensing. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“While I signed SF99 in support of the child protections contained in this bill, I believe the government is invading families’ personal issues,” Gordon said in a statement. “Our legislature needs to sort out its intentions regarding parental rights. Congress is inserting government privilege in some places, while affirming parental rights in others.”
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Gordon also vetoed HB0148, known as the “Abortion Regulation,” which would impose additional restrictions on abortion clinics in the state. The press release said the bill would “adequately regulate abortion clinics in Wyoming,” but that “the bill’s amendments complicate its objectives and make them more susceptible to legal challenges.” .
The bill would require all abortion facilities in the state to be licensed as “outpatient surgery centers,” and would also require a separate license for facilities that perform abortions. (Rachel Wolff of The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The bill would require all abortion facilities in the state to be licensed as “outpatient surgery centers,” and would also require a separate license for facilities that perform abortions.
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“It is my opinion that HB148, as amended, could further delay resolution of this critical issue for unborn children,” Gordon said in a statement. “The possibility of starting the legal argument anew is, in my opinion, abandoned and will only cost the lives of more unborn children in Wyoming.”
Abortion is currently legal in Wyoming pending a court ruling challenging the state’s abortion law.
Nationally, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday regarding the federal approval process for mifepristone, a drug used to terminate pregnancies. A verdict is expected in about three months. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin, File)
Nationally, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday regarding the federal approval process for mifepristone, a drug used to terminate pregnancies. A verdict is expected in about three months.
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The Supreme Court has now allowed the FDA to continue regulating the drug while the appeals process takes place. Such regulations include continued telehealth prescribing and retail pharmacy dispensing.
FOX News’ Shannon Bream, Bill Mears and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
