Gender dysphoria is the specific diagnosis doctors use to justify those medical interventions.
This legislation has not gotten a vote yet and would need to be reintroduced next Congress to be considered.
(you’re free to hear all his promises on trans health care in this shortcampaign video.)
Transgender rights supporters and opponent rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on December 4, 2024 in Washington, D.C.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
So much medicine is performed through hospital systems and universities that this could mean ending access for many.
A specialized field of medicinebackedbyreamsofevidencedemonstratingitsneedandbenefits, practiced formore than halfa centuryin the U.S. ostracized, suddenly and loudly.
Legislation like this even if it hasnt passed creates an environment where people are incredibly afraid.
This is the pop in of issue where people actually feel suicidal.
Are we going to see folks dying by suicide because potentially of laws like this being passed?
Is this the end?
Trumps incoming vice president J.D.
Vance as a senatorintroduced legislationbanning federal funds to entities performing trans health care and compared transpeople to perverts.
Like many presidential actions, all of Trumps activity in trans health care will take a lot of time.
A federal funding ban would be a different story.
This conflict is actually playing outbeforeTrump has taken office or the GOP controls the Senate.
We heard back from three: Sens.
Why has the Democratic Party been caught flat-footed?
Andy Beshear in bright-red Kentucky after making anti-trans rhetoric a centerpiece of his campaign.
We knew that it was going to be deployed against folks in debates, in hostile reporter questions.
Still, they were very surprised by the GOPs bet on anti-trans advertising in this past election.
So many Americans still understand little of the trans experience.
The Trump campaigns anti-trans ads were a multi-purpose attack.
They included the tagline, Kamala is for they/them; President Trump is for you.
I dont think we were saying yes or no, dont do an ad, he says.
I think people were trying to avoid doing that as well.
We tested a ton of responses to this.
Senate Democratsfumed atMajority Leader Chuck Schumer over it.
The partys more moderate membersbegan speakingout.
Did it maybe make a dent with a few voters?
But was it really the deciding factor in anything?
But she said the ads didnt shift the Harris campaigns numbers or alter the state of the race.
I dont even see that in our data.
I know theres some people who look at the Blueprint data and see that.
Democrats lost this election on the economy and also some immigration stuff.
Smith said if anything, Republicans successfully found a vulnerability in Democrats supporting small groups generally.
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