evidence: Ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors heads to Reynolds’ desk [...] Republicans sent a ban on gender-affirming care for minors to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk Wednesday, less than two weeks after the measure was first brought up as a possibility. [...] Republicans cited studies from Sweden, which restricted hormone treatment therapy for minors in 2022 as doctors call for more research into the long-term effects of beginning gender-related care at an early age. These studies show substantially higher rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts as well as psychiatric hospitalization among transgender people after undergoing gender-affirming surgery than a healthy control population.