The “linchpin of the strategy” used by opponents of both abortion access and transgender rights has been “starting with the rights of minors,” said Mary Ruth Ziegler, an expert on the legal and political history of reproductive rights.
Bans on treatment. New laws threatening doctors with malpractice suits and criminal charges. Praise from lawmakers who say their legislation is meant to protect minors, even as the new policies infringe on the rights of adults.
“You can look at the antiabortion playbook and see parallels here every step of the way,” said Chase Strangio, the deputy director for transgender justice with the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBT & HIV Project. “What we’re seeing is a lot of the effort from the right that had gone into systematically eliminating access to abortion ... being shifted into attacks on trans people.
Gender-affirming medical care has been available for decades, and studies show access to treatment lowers the odds of depression and suicide in patients. Major medical organizations, including the American Medical Assn., the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization, have described the treatment asPeople attend a rally near the U.S. Capitol as part of Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31.
Strangio said the similarities between the two movements include protests and threats of violence against gender health centers and abortion clinics, as well as language “designed to appeal to people’s sense of disgust or fear or vulnerability,” such as “late-term abortion” or “genital mutilation.” Opponents of abortion and transgender rights have also used rare stories of regret over abortion or transition to argue those procedures should be banned.
Texas became the largest state banning gender-affirming care for minors this month after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill to ban the treatment. Patients who are allowed to continue treatment under exceptions in the law must gradually “wean” off their medications. Earlier this year, the state also banned gender-affirming care for minors unless they receive a diagnosis of “severe gender dysphoria” from two clinicians.
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