The Desisted & Detransitioned Women’s Caucus of WDI USA applauds the Arizona legislature for passing SB 1511, “the Detransitioner Bill of Rights,” which requires that health insurers that provide coverage for so-called ‘gender transition’ procedures must also cover detransition procedures.
Additionally, physicians, health care institutions, and other entities licensed to furnish healthcare and that perform ‘gender transition’ procedures must agree to provide or pay for the performance of detransition procedures.
The Caucus commends the legislators who supported the bill and urges Governor Hobbs to sign this common sense measure. The Desisted & Detransitioned Women’s Bill of Rights stipulates that:
“detransitioned women have the right to seek healthcare that addresses any issues caused by puberty blockers, testosterone, and surgeries” and that “such remedial healthcare shall be covered by insurance.”
If this bill is signed into law, Arizona would be the first state in the nation to protect the rights of detransitioned individuals.
Elizabeth Chesak, caucus coordinator, said:
“We call upon Governor Katie Hobbs – woman to woman – to sign SB 1511 into law. In a just world, so-called ‘gender transition’ procedures would be banned and detransitioners would be able to sue their healthcare providers for medical malpractice, so truthfully I don’t think this bill goes far enough. However, progress is not made overnight. This is a great start and will help detransitioners to move forward with their lives!”
Fernanda Lopez, caucus member and resident of Arizona, said:
“Given the low-quality evidence and experimental nature of ‘gender transition’ procedures, the health outcomes of these patients should be of utmost interest to the practitioners who perform them. Care providers who truly care about individuals who are confused about their sex will embrace this policy of follow-up care, including rates and health outcomes for detransition. When it comes to the high-risk and experimental treatments imposed on this population, who could possibly understand the needs of these patients better than the teams who carried them out in the first place? Each patient who can be helped by this legislation will no longer face isolation, discrimination, and the pain of untreated iatrogenic harm. Arizonans should be able to trust that their medical providers are accountable, ethical, and responsible. SB 1511 will ensure that vulnerable people’s trust in medicine is not further broken.”
Céline Calame, caucus member, said:
“As someone who medicalized as a legal adult after a long period of childhood grooming, I am very glad to see Arizona taking care of its citizens who have been victims to medical malpractice in the name of blind affirmation. I hope that more states will begin offering similar hope for those of us making our way forward after ‘gender transition,’ and that our nation as a whole will adopt alternative ways of supporting those who do not conform to sexist stereotypes without medicalizing them and providing appropriate support for those who experience distress over their sex.”
Elizabeth Chesak, coordinator
Céline Calame
Fernanda Lopez
