{"id":38835,"date":"2025-07-17T16:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/puerto-rico-law-criminalizes-hormone-therapy-and-gender-affirming-surgery-for-transgender-people-under-21\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:17:25","slug":"puerto-rico-law-criminalizes-hormone-therapy-and-gender-affirming-surgery-for-transgender-people-under-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/puerto-rico-law-criminalizes-hormone-therapy-and-gender-affirming-surgery-for-transgender-people-under-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico law criminalizes hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery for transgender people under 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Puerto Rico&#8217;s governor has signed a bill that prohibits hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from activists in the largely conservative United States territory. 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Jennifer Gonzalez approved the law late Wednesday, following a wave of similar legislation passed across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The law applies to people younger than 21 and calls for 15 years in prison for any violators, as well as a $50,000 penalty and the revocation of all licenses and permits of medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Minors, having not yet reached the necessary emotional, cognitive, and physical maturity, are particularly vulnerable to making decisions that can have irreversible consequences,&#8221; the law reads. &#8220;Therefore, it is the State&#8217;s duty to ensure their comprehensive well-being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It also states that public funds cannot be used for such purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Puerto Rico&#8217;s LGBTQ+ Federation criticized the law in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let there be no doubt: We will go to court to challenge the constitutionality of the governor&#8217;s cruel and inhumane signing of a law that criminalizes health professionals for caring for trans minors,&#8221; said Justin Jes\u00fas Santiago, the federation&#8217;s director.<\/p>\n<p>Puerto Rico associations that represent physicians, surgeons, psychologists, social workers, lawyers and other professionals had urged the governor to veto the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly two dozen U.S. states have similar laws. The Supreme Court recently\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-tennessee-gender-affirming-care-minors-us-skrmetti\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">upheld one such law<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from Tennessee, which restricts gender-affirming care for transgender minors, in a decision that is expected to significantly impact access to medical care for transgender young people in half of the country.<\/p>\n<p>GLAAD, a nonprofit organization focused on LGBTQ rights advocacy and media monitoring, were among the critics that had urged Gonzalez to veto the bill after it passed through Puerto Rico&#8217;s legislatures. 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