Ballot measure to ban youth gender-affirming surgeries could disrupt other forms of healthcare

Colorado voters will decide on Proposition 135 in November, which would ban gender-affirming surgeries for minors and restrict the use of public funding for such procedures.
Colorado voters in November will decide if the state should ban gender-affirming surgeries for minors. Proposition 135 would prohibit health care professionals from knowingly performing any surgery on a minor “for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics.” The measure would also prohibit state and federal funding including Medicaid from being used to pay for […]
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