Georgia Legislator Seeks to Prohibit Sex-Reassignment Surgery on Minors

A state lawmaker in Georgia wants to make it a felony for medical doctors to perform sex-reassignment surgery on minor children, including vasectomy, castration, mastectomy, and other varieties of genital mutilation, and forbid the prescription of puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormone therapy in such cases. The legislative proposal comes as a sequel to a highly publicized legal battle in Texas over James Younger, a 7-year-old boy whose mother claims he identifies as a girl and prefers being called Luna. While the mother wants James to begin hormone replacement theory, the father objects and sought to obtain sole custody of the boy and his twin brother. A judge awarded the father and the mother joint custody on Oct. 24.-- More...