Arizona Fails Detransitioners

Democrats once billed themselves as defenders of the powerless against the oppressive forces of industry. Last week, Arizona’s Democratic governor, Katie Hobbs, protected the politically powerful gender-medicine industry from its victims.

Hobbs vetoed legislation that would have made insurers and health-care providers financially liable for costs associated with reversing or mitigating the harms inflicted on patients in the name of “gender-affirming care.” Currently, young people who have variously undergone surgical castration, mastectomies, and endocrine disruptions, only to realize that what they needed instead was mental-health support, are often left to shoulder the resulting medical bills themselves.

Read more in City Journal.