Protect Childrens Innocence Act (HR 3492)
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2026
Makes it a federal crime to perform surgeries, give puberty blockers, or give cross-sex hormones to change a minor's sex. Punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Also criminalizes helping or transporting a child for female genital cutting. Religion or custom is not a defense. Minors are not prosecuted. Only narrow medical exceptions apply; mental health alone doesn't count. Would sharply reduce gender-related care for youth and put doctors and some parents at legal risk.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to make gender-transition surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones for minors illegal nationwide, reinforce bans on female genital cutting, and impose criminal penalties on providers and facilitators.
Organizations that support this bill may include social conservative advocacy groups, some religious and parent-rights organizations, and anti–female genital cutting groups that favor strict limits on gender-related care for minors.
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Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve access to gender-affirming care for minors under medical guidelines and keep regulation with states and medical boards rather than federal criminal law.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include medical associations, pediatric and endocrine societies, LGBTQ+ civil rights groups, and civil liberties organizations that support access to gender-affirming care for youth.
