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Massive defeat for anti-trans & anti-LGBTQ+ riders in spending bill

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By Erin Reed | On Thursday, Congress unveiled the much-anticipated spending bill to avert a government shutdown. The bill, which includes funding for major government departments such as Health and Human Services and Education, featured fierce negotiations over conservative “policy riders.”  These policy riders included bans on coverage for gender-affirming care, DEI bans, sports bans, and more.

Despite some indications that Democrats might compromise due to the sheer number of conservative policy riders, it appears those fears did not come to fruition.

Democrats held firm in negotiations, and the most impactful anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ riders were nowhere to be found. One policy rider proposed for the Food and Drug Administration would have defunded any hospital that “distributes, sells, or otherwise uses drugs that disrupt the onset of puberty or sexual development for those under 18,” a measure targeting not only transgender youth but also those experiencing precocious puberty.

Another rider sought to bar any government funding toward “surgical procedures or hormone therapy for the purposes of gender-affirming care” in the Department of Health and Human Services.

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