Mississippi Senate Approves Bill to Ban Gender Alteration Procedures on Minors

The Mississippi state flag flies over the Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson, Miss., on June 28, 2020. Rory Doyle/AFP via Getty Images

The Mississippi Senate has approved a bill banning permanent medical intervention for minors who believe they are experiencing gender dysphoria.

Mississippi House Bill 1125, titled the “Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures Act,” prohibits physicians in the state from prescribing pharmaceutical and surgical alterations in an attempt to change a child’s gender.