Shield law to protect transgender care proposed in Maine

By Christian Wade / The Center Square contributor

Published March 7, 2024 7:49am ET

Shield law to protect transgender care proposed in Maine — FILE - Kristen Cooper holds signs outside of the Senate chamber at the Indiana Statehouse on Feb. 22, 2023, in Indianapolis. Republican Governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors early April 2023, making those states the latest to prohibit transgender health care this year. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

(The Center Square) – Protecting doctors performing “gender affirming” health care procedures from lawsuits is in a Maine proposal known as a “shield law.”

Critics of the plan from Maine lawmakers say parental rights would be stripped.

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