evidence: Finland and the United Kingdom’s health policies limit gender-affirming surgeries to people older than 18. Sweden and the Netherlands allow chest surgery at age 16 and genital surgeries at 18. Norway generally does not offer surgical care to minors, but has not banned it. [...] "Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the U.K. have now banned gender transition surgery for minors," read the Aug. 23 post. [...] Gender-affirming surgical care in these countries is mostly regulated through guidelines and recommendations, not laws banning care. None of these countries have banned gender-affirming care for minors outright in the way that some U.S. states have.