Argentina’s right-wing government bans gender-affirming care for under-18s

Protestors during a pro-LGBTQ+ rally in Buenos Aires. (Getty)

Argentina president Javier Milei has announced a ban on trans healthcare for anyone under the age of 18.

The right-wing populist president reportedly implemented a decree on Thursday (6 February), following similar moves in the UK, Sweden and Finland.

“Gender ideology taken to extremes and applied to children by force or psychological coercion clearly constitutes child abuse,” a spokesperson for the president’s office said.

There is no evidence that children are being forced to begin gender-affirming care in Argentina.

The decree also forces transgender prison inmates to be held in jails according to their gender at birth.

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