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The bill seeks to protect minors from certain gender‑transition procedures by creating federal civil and criminal enforcement and a uniform federal rule, but it does so at the cost of restricting access to medically recommended care, risking criminalization and privacy intrusions, reducing provider availability, and creating legal and financial conflict with state policies.
Minors (children and youth) would be prevented from receiving certain medical procedures the bill labels 'experimental,' reducing the risk of irreversible interventions and potential later regret.
Parents and legal guardians gain a civil enforcement tool to sue to stop interstate travel for listed gender‑transition procedures and seek damages.
The bill asserts federal Commerce Clause authority to regulate cross‑state medical travel for minors, which could create a uniform national rule rather than a patchwork of state laws.
Minors seeking gender‑affirming care (and their families) would face reduced access to treatments that many medical providers consider medically necessary, delaying or denying care.
Minors and families who travel across state lines for listed gender‑transition procedures risk federal criminal prosecution and long prison terms (up to 10 years), exposing them to severe criminal penalties.
Clinicians, hospitals, and other health providers may be deterred from offering or coordinating care (especially across state lines), reducing provider availability and causing treatment delays.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Makes transporting minors across state or foreign lines for puberty blockers, cross‑sex hormones, or specified gender‑affirming surgeries a federal felony, adds civil remedies, and conditions federal funds to jurisdictions that permit or facilitate it.
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly transport a minor across state or international lines, or to use interstate mail/commerce, to obtain puberty blockers, cross‑sex hormones, or certain gender‑affirming surgeries; creates a private civil right for minors or their parents to sue; and withholds federal funds from jurisdictions that permit, encourage, or refuse to cooperate with enforcement. The bill frames these procedures as experimental for minors and asserts a federal interest in preventing irreversible harms.
Official title: To amend chapter 55 of title 18, United States Code, to establish a criminal offense for the transportation of a minor for a gender transition procedure.
Introduced February 9, 2026 by Daniel Crenshaw · Last progress February 9, 2026