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Governor Bill Lee defends Tennessee ban on gender-transition procedures for minors
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Governor Bill Lee said the law banning gender-transition procedures for minors is about protecting children and should be decided by state legislatures, not the U.S. Supreme Court; he cited weak evidence of benefit and growing evidence of harm and referenced an NHS review and recent federal appeals rulings.
Governor Bill Lee said Tennessee’s law banning gender-transition procedures for minors is intended to protect children and should be decided by state legislatures, not the U.S. Supreme Court.
"It is a it's a very serious subject," Lee said in a Fox News interview, adding that the issue is "not political to me" and framing it as a choice between "reasonable versus radical, or at the very least, reasonable versus real risk." He said the evidence of long-term benefit is weak and that evidence of harm is "increasingly becoming very real."
Lee cited an international review led by Dr. Hilary Cass for the U.K. National Health Service, saying the…
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