Doctors performing gender-affirming treatment and abortions, including operations on minors, will now be protected in the state of Washington once Governor Jay Inslee signs the bill after it passed through the House and Senate.
The bill, originally set to take effect 90 days after it’s signed, will now be in place immediately after the Governor signs it through an emergency clause. It passed on a 57-40 partisan vote in the House.
While the legislation does not protect illegal operations in the state, both “reproductive health-care services and gender-affirming treatment by medical providers does not constitute unprofessional conduct under the Uniform Disciplinary Act (UDA) and may not serve as the basis for professional discipline,” the legislation read.
In addition, doctors working in states where the above medical practices are barred or illegal can come to Washington state to conduct said procedures without facing discipline.
Trans youth are worthy, just the way they are. This effort in TX to deny them care and stigmatize their very existence is shameful. I hope love and compassion prevails. #ProtectTransYouth https://t.co/3RtQYD14b9
— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) March 5, 2022
