Sen. David Bullard filed legislation just days before Oklahoma’s first legislation session of the year, and the proposed legislation is already creating controversy. The bill, which will eventually be known as the Millstone Act of 2023, aims to ban multiple gender surgies and hormone therapies for anyone under the age of 26 years old.
Multiple stats have shown that young and influential children who get these surgeries or use hormone therapies later go on to regret these elective procedures and drugs. It should also be mentioned that many of these drugs have permanent endocrinatic effects that children often don’t consider when making the emotionally charged decision to transition genders.
While male-to-female drugs can cause reproductive issues, along with issues in muscle mass and proper bone desity, the danger in people taking female-to-male drugs can outweigh it. Using synthetic testosterone and Androgel in a body that is not showing incorrect hormone levels can create issues, in the heart, increasing the risk of having a stroke or heart attack, and these drugs come with an array of liver and kidney issues that are often not discussed.
Therefor, Sen. David Bullard seeks to introduce a bill that will prevent children and teenagers from obtaining these drugs, banning them until the age of 26 – when science shows the brain is fully matured and adults can be trusted to make life-altering decisions.
According to OKC Fox:
The legislation, filed by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, comes just days before the start of Oklahoma’s first legislative session of the year. The bill, which will eventually be known as the Millstone Act of 2023, aims to both restrict access to gender transition procedures and reduce the amount of funding any such procedures receive.
If passed, several gender transition procedures, including puberty blockers and sex reassignment surgeries, will be banned for those under 26. Any healthcare professional who does perform or provide any of these procedures risks felony conviction and revocation of medical licenses.
Of course, intersex children and other medical reasons are exempt from this bill, including those who are “born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development” or people who face an “imminent danger of death” without medical intervention.
Previously, Republican Governor Kevin Stitt shed light on medical professionals changing the gender of children at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at the University of Oklahoma, and also chose to block their funding as a result in October. Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at the University of Oklahoma has since pledged to end what they called “gender-affirming hormone therapy,” however, Oklahoma law makers appear tired of attempting to catch them after the damage has been done, and want to prevent situations like this from occurring again in the state.
This is stupid