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The bill seeks to protect minors from certain gender‑transition procedures through federal authority and enforcement, but it does so by restricting access, creating criminal penalties and civil liability, and raising provider, state‑federal, privacy, and budgetary risks for families and communities.
Minors (and their families) would be prevented from obtaining certain gender‑transition procedures the bill labels as experimental, reducing the risk of irreversible outcomes and later regret.
The federal government would have clear authority to regulate or criminally deter cross‑state travel for the listed procedures, creating a uniform national rule and enforcement mechanism instead of a patchwork of state laws.
Parents or legal guardians would gain a private cause of action to sue to stop interstate travel for listed procedures and seek damages, increasing parental legal recourse.
Minors seeking gender‑affirming care and their families would face substantially reduced access to treatments some medical experts consider medically necessary, potentially worsening mental health and well‑being for many youths.
Minors and their families could face federal criminal prosecution and prison (up to 10 years) for interstate travel related to listed care, exposing families to severe criminal penalties.
Hospitals, clinicians, and health systems may be deterred from offering or coordinating care (including across state lines) by criminal and civil liability and by labeling standard treatments as 'experimental', reducing provider availability and delaying care.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Makes it a federal felony to transport minors across state or international lines to obtain puberty blockers, cross‑sex hormones, or certain gender‑related surgeries and allows civil suits and funding penalties.
Introduced February 9, 2026 by Daniel Crenshaw · Last progress February 9, 2026
Creates a new federal crime for knowingly transporting a minor across state or international lines, or using interstate commerce (including mail), to help the minor obtain puberty blockers, cross‑sex hormones, or certain gender‑related surgeries. The bill also gives minors or their parents a private right to sue for damages and injunctions, and withholds federal funding from governments that permit or encourage such interstate travel or refuse to cooperate with enforcement.