118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 457Protecting Our Kids from Child Abuse Act

A bill to establish a Federal tort against pediatric gender clinics and other entities pushing gender-transition procedures that cause bodily injury to children or harm the mental health of children.

Health
Introduced Feb 15, 2023
Last action Feb 15, 2023
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill retroactively makes certain health care facilities and medical practitioners liable for any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms caused by performing a gender-transition procedure on an individual who is younger than 18. The liability extends for 30 years after the individual who received the procedure turns 18, and it applies to procedures that occurred prior to the enactment of the bill. Specifically, the liability applies to pediatric gender clinics (medical facilities specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of gender discordance and dysphoria in minors) that provide gender-transition procedures; institutions of higher education and hospitals affilia...

Provisions · 5 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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Feb 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 15, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.