AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine House voted Monday in favor of a invoice to make sure 16- and 17-year-olds can obtain gender-affirming hormone remedy with out parental consent if sure circumstances are met.

The invoice, accredited 73-60, permits these teenagers to bear remedy with out parental consent if they're recognized with gender dysphoria, are experiencing hurt and have obtained counseling. It now goes to the Senate for additional debate.

Both chambers already voted to enshrine in regulation a requirement for the state’s Medicaid program to cowl gender-affirming care.

Maine’s actions come as a rising variety of states search to ban gender-affirming care.

At least 20 states have now enacted legal guidelines proscribing or banning gender-affirming medical look after transgender minors, and most of these states face lawsuits.

A federal choose struck down Arkansas’ ban as unconstitutional final week, and federal judges have quickly blocked bans in Alabama and Indiana. Oklahoma has agreed to not implement its ban whereas opponents search a brief courtroom order blocking it. A federal choose has blocked Florida from imposing its ban on three kids who've challenged the regulation.

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