Oklahoma, takin' care of business here:
An Oklahoma senate bill filed late Wednesday would prevent a person under the age of 26 from accessing gender-affirming health care, the latest sign that conservatives are seeking to block the procedure for not only children, but people well into adulthood.
The bill filed ahead of the legislature's February start would bar health care providers in Oklahoma from administering or recommending gender-affirming medical care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries for patients younger than 26 years old, punishable by an unclassified felony conviction and the possible revocation of their medical license for "unprofessional conduct."
Yeah I'd say it's pretty "unprofessional" to prescribe chemicals and surgery for obviously unwell people who think they're members of the opposite sex. Maybe that's just me.
The measure would also prohibit public funds from being used to either "directly or indirectly" provide gender-affirming health care to an individual younger than 26 and bar the state Medicaid program from covering procedures related to a person's gender transition.
A man who thinks he's a woman (and vice versa) is in need of psychological counseling, not synthetic hormones and irreversible, permanently life-altering surgery. Men cannot become women; women cannot become men.
Any medical officials who try and convince them that they can are guilty of lying at best and medical malpractice at worse. It shouldn't be controversial in the slightest to make that kind of patient abuse illegal.
Obviously, the title of the bill is a reference to Jesus' profound warning in Matthew 18 for anyone who would lead astray and harm others, especially a child:
If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.
