Oklahoma Gov Signs Bill To Prevent Gender Reassignment Services For Kids At OU Children’s Hospital
On Tuesday, Republican Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill to prevent gender transition services for children at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital. According to a press release from the governor’s office, under the requirement that Oklahoma Children’s Hospital stops providing gender reassignment services to children, the bill provides “nearly $40 million in ARPA funding to increase and expand capacity of behavioral health care for children, as well as $20 million for cancer patients who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, $44 million for electronic health record systems, and over $5 million for mobile dental units.” “By signing this bill today