Stop Gender Trafficking of Minors Act

Key Points

• This bill would make it a federal crime—punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fines—to transport a minor across state lines to receive gender transition medical care, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries.
• The bill defines "gender transition procedure" broadly to cover puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical interventions like mastectomies or other procedures intended to change primary or secondary sex characteristics.
• Minors or their parents/guardians could file civil lawsuits in federal court for injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys' fees against anyone who transported them for these procedures.
• States and local governments that allow or encourage transporting minors for these procedures, declare themselves "sanctuary" jurisdictions, or refuse to cooperate with federal investigations would lose federal funding.
• The bill justifies federal involvement by citing international medical guidance against routine use of these treatments on minors, rising detransition rates, and the federal government's interest in protecting children from what it calls experimental and irreversible medical procedures.