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Hearing on extending statute of limitations for minors' gender-care lawsuits draws personal testimony
Summary
Representative Robert Wherry and multiple witnesses asked to extend the civil statute of limitations from two to ten years for people alleging harm from gender-transition treatments given as minors; testimony included personal stories from detransitioners and legal arguments about delayed recognition of harm.
Representative Robert Wherry opened testimony on HB 13-56, which would extend the civil statute of limitations for private causes of action alleging unlawful provision of medical procedures or treatments to minors intended to alter sex characteristics from two years to ten years.
Wherry said the extension would give people who received irreversible medical interventions as minors more time to recognize harms and seek redress. "An…
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