The New Hampshire Senate on Thursday approved a pair of bills that would ban most gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

One of the bills would bar doctors from administering puberty blockers or hormone treatments to patients under 18. Patients already receiving those treatments before Jan. 1, 2026, would be allowed to continue with them, under an amendment added by the Senate.

The other bill would prohibit gender-affirming chest surgeries before age 18.

The bills are part of an increased focus on transgender issues by Republicans in Concord, who last year passed laws barring trans students from girls’ sports and banning gender-affirming genital surgeries.

Most major medical societies in the U.S. – including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics – s

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