The House passed a bill to criminalize gender transition treatment for minors in a 216-211 vote, with some bipartisan support for the measure.

State laws banning or restricting minors’ access to gender-affirming care have proliferated in the past years. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The measure had little chance of consideration in the Senate, where it would need bipartisan support to move, but it reflected the priorities of the Republican majority.