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Recourse for Gender Transition Surgery Patients
A pair of Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol want to give people who went through a gender transition the chance to sue over health problems they weren’t warned about.
Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, and Rep. Amanda Nedweski, R-Pleasant Prairie, on Thursday introduced what they are calling a chance to hold people accountable for the after-effects of gender transitions on children.
“This bill is ultimately about protecting kids by ensuring accountability for life-altering decisions made by others,” Hutton said. “There are many unknowns about the long-term effects of these interventions, and yet they are being administered in greater numbers to young people. Children who are harmed by an irreversible gender transition procedure should have the same right to seek justice when they reach adulthood as any other patient who suffered harm.”
“Pharmaceutical companies and health care providers have built an extremely lucrative business model that preys on vulnerable children, generating billions of dollars annually,” Nedweski added. “As doctors continue to promote so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ for young children—despite the lack of long-term studies on potential side effects—it’s essential that we provide victims of harmful gender treatments with the same type of legal recourse as anyone else hurt by a medical professional.”
Under the plan, anyone who underwent a gender transition procedure before they turned 18 would be allowed to file a civil lawsuit against the health care provider if they suffered injury as a result.
The legislation also creates an extended statute of limitations, that allows people to file a lawsuit up until they reach the age of 33.
Hutton and Nedweski say that acknowledges “that the consequences of these procedures may not fully emerge until adulthood.”
“Medical accountability should not be a partisan issue,” Nedweski said. “We have a duty to ensure children are protected from experimental treatments that can inflict lasting damage on their bodies and minds as they mature.”
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