AL.com, a website for several Alabama newspapers. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on its version of the legislation the same day.The legislation would bar doctors from administering puberty blockers and other drug treatment, such as hormones, to minors, in addition to banning transition-related surgery for this population.
But trans people generally do not undergo genital surgery until they are at least 18, in keeping with accepted medical practices, and the effects of puberty blockers and other drugs are reversible, contrary to the assertions of politicians backing the bills.The Judiciary Committee heard testimony from people supporting the measure and those opposed to it.