Michigan SB0289 prohibits gender reassignment procedures or treatments for minors, except in specific medical circumstances.
Michigan SB0289, known as the "protecting minors from chemical and surgical mutilation act," prohibits health care professionals from performing certain gender reassignment procedures or treatments on minors. Exceptions include minors born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development or diagnosed with a disorder of sexual development by a physician. Prohibited practices include prescribing puberty-blocking drugs, administering hormones in excess, and performing surgeries that sterilize or alter genitalia appearance.
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