Bill outlawing gender-affirming care for transgender youth clears Senate

Under House Bill 808, doctors would be prohibited from prescribing puberty blockers or performing gender transition surgeries to children. The measure returns to the House for a final procedural vote.

State Sen. Joyce Krawiec, a Forsyth County Republican, attends a Feb. 16 floor voting session. She has led a number of bills in recent years seeking to limit access to abortion.

North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday voted along party lines in support of a bill that would prevent doctors from performing surgical gender transition proced…