Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors [Video]

ALTERING DECISIONS. I’M SOLEDAD O’BRIEN. WELCOME TO MATTER OF FACT GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR CHILDREN IS A POLITICIZED HOT BUTTON ISSUE IN THE UNITED STATES. TODAY, WE’RE GOING TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE REALITIES THERE ARE MORE THAN 300,013 TO 17 YEAR OLDS IN THE US WHO IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING FROM MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO HORMONE TREATMENT TO IN A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF CASES, SURGERY FOR OLDER YOUTH ONLY WITH THE APPROVAL OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. NEARLY HALF OF STATES EITHER BAN OR ARE CONSIDERING BANNING AND OR CRIMINALIZING THAT CARE. BUT THERE ARE PLACES LIKE MINNESOTA ISSUING PROTECTIONS. OUR CORRESPOND JESSICA GOMEZ TRAVELED THERE TO SEE HOW MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE GUIDING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT, LIFE ALTERING DECISION LAWS. AND WHEN I GO TO THIS YELLOW, BUT THEN I’M …