Figure 1: More Than Half of States Lack Insurance Nondiscrimination Protections for Transgender People ![]() Download image here. |
Figure 2: Eleven States Explicitly Ban Medicaid from Covering Medically Necessary Care For At Least Some Transgender People; Another 13 States Lack Explicit Policies Download image here. |
Figure 3: 16 States Currently Ban or Restrict Best Practice Medical Care for Transgender Youth, Including Missouri’s Unprecedented New Rule to Effectively Ban Care for All Transgender People ![]() Download image here. |
Figure 4: Explosion of Bills Targeting Transgender Health Care in Recent Years, and Nearly All Target Youth ![]() Download image here. |
Figure 5: Explosion in Number of States Targeting Transgender Health Care in Recent Years ![]() Download image here. |
Figure 6: Since 2017, A Rapid Spread of Bills and Newly Enacted Bans on Medically Necessary Care For Transgender People ![]() Download image here. |
Figure 7: A Growing Share of Medical Care Ban Bills Would Also Ban or Restrict Health Care for Transgender Adults ![]() Download image here. |
Figure 8: A Growing Share of Medical Care Ban Bills Would Also Ban State Funds from Covering Health Care for Transgender People ![]() Download image here. |
Figure 9: A Growing Number of Bills Also Ban Private Insurers From Covering Medically Necessary Care for Transgender People, or Allow Insurers to Categorically Exclude Such Care Download image here. |
Figure 10: For Punishments, Majority of Medical Care Ban Bills Include Loss of Medical License, and Both Private Lawsuits and Enabling State Attorneys General are Becoming More Common ![]() Download image here. |
Figure 11: Many Medical Care Ban Bills Target Not Only Doctors, But Also Parents, Teachers, Even “Any Person” Download image here. |
Figure 12: Most Medical Care Ban Bills Would Define Sex in Transgender-Exclusive Ways, With Potential Implications Far Beyond Health Care Download image here. |
Figure 13: Most Medical Care Ban Bills Contain Exceptions for Non-Consensual Surgeries on Intersex Children Download image here. |
Figure 14: Many Medical Care Ban Bills Would Also Force School Staff, and Sometimes Any Government Employee, to Out Transgender Children ![]() Download image here. |
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