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House Approves Federal Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

The bill now moves to the Senate, where analysts say it is unlikely to advance.

Rep. Sarah McBride at the US Capitol on November 18, 2025.
The US House will vote on bill HR 3492 later tonight. (Getty)
A protestor holds up a sign reading “Protect Trans Kids.” (Getty)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is resigning from her House seat but made a deal to ensure her signature anti-trans bill would get a vote on the House floor.

Overview

  • The House passed H.R. 3492 on a 216–211 vote, with three Democrats in support and four Republicans opposed.
  • The measure creates federal felonies carrying up to 10 years in prison and fines for providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or certain surgeries to people under 18, and it exposes parents and others who facilitate such care to criminal liability.
  • Bill language brands some treatments as “chemical castration” or “genital or bodily mutilation,” includes only narrow exceptions that exclude mental or emotional distress, and allows nonconsensual surgeries on intersex infants.
  • Republicans also advanced a separate Dan Crenshaw bill to bar Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for minors, with a House vote expected next.
  • Major medical associations and civil-rights groups denounced the legislation as harmful and chilling to care access; sponsor Marjorie Taylor Greene secured the floor vote through an NDAA deal as she prepares to resign in early January.