This bill would bar the use of Federal funds to directly or indirectly conduct, support, or fund certain kinds of research. It defines "covered research" to mean research that studies the effects of gender-related medical treatment or any other means of altering a person’s body or appearance so it no longer corresponds to that person’s sex. The bill gives definitions for female, male, sex, and gender-related medical treatment. Examples listed for gender-related medical treatment include many surgical procedures (for example, vaginectomy, mastectomy, phalloplasty, vaginoplasty, facial feminization), use of exogenous hormones (testosterone or estrogen), and puberty blockers (including GnRH agonists and drugs that delay or suppress puberty).
If you are a researcher, research institution, or recipient of Federal research funding, this bill would prohibit using those Federal funds to do or support research that studies the effects of the listed gender-related medical treatments or other means of altering the body or appearance to not match a person’s sex. The bill applies to funds being made available for such research "directly or indirectly." The bill text does not address clinical care or non-Federal funding sources.
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