Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims U.S. House Will Vote on MAGA Bill to Jail Doctors and Parents for Providing Medically Necessary Care to Transgender Youth

WASHINGTON — This afternoon, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that, in exchange for her support for the National Defense Authorization Act, the U.S. House will vote on her bill to charge doctors with a Class C Felony for providing medically necessary, best practice care to transgender young people. The bill, which had been stalled, would subject health care providers to fines and potential jail time for providing care that is recommended by every major medical organization in the country. The bill could also implicate parents who simply support their children in accessing or administering the medication they are prescribed.

Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson released the following statement:

“Every family should have the freedom and privacy to go to the doctor and get the care their child needs. But politicians like Marjorie Taylor Greene and her enablers, who are breathlessly obsessed with using their power to terrorize transgender people, believe they know better than parents and doctors. Now, anti-equality members of the House may consider a bill to put doctors in prison just for doing their jobs. That could mean a pediatrician facing jail time for providing the care they were trained to provide. It could mean a parent being handcuffed and tossed into a police car because they went to the pharmacy and administered their child’s medication as prescribed. Our leaders should be working out a solution to the impending crisis of soaring health care costs and ensuring every child has access to quality health care – not dreaming up new ways to use the power of government to tear people’s lives apart. We will not rest until this bill is defeated.”

The bill is diametrically opposed to where the American people are on the issue. A 19th News poll found that the vast majority of Americans — nearly 7 in 10 — think that politicians are not informed enough about health care for transgender youth to create fair policies; and nearly half think that politicians should not be focused on transgender issues at all. A March 2025 survey from Data for Progress shows similar support for freedom and opposition to anti-LGBTQ+ policies. A majority of Americans think that families and physicians should be the ones making decisions about medical care for transgender youth, not the government.

HRC will soon be releasing comprehensive data on public sentiment around these types of extreme attempts to criminalize doctors and families.

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people, with 3.6 million members and supporters. The HRC Foundation (a 501(c)(3)) works to ensure LGBTQ+ people are safe, seen and supported where it matters most: at school, at work and in every community across the country. From the courtroom to the classroom, from Congress to corporate America, HRC and the HRC Foundation build power through partnerships, storytelling, and action—working to create a future rooted in equity, freedom and belonging for all LGBTQ+ people.

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