THE POLICY LANDSCAPE

Rights, restrictions & the places between.

Sources retrieved

Trans Policy Atlas data: Transitics' CATPALM (built by Aleksandra Vaca, a member of the Trans Data Initiative team) and the team's own research.

COLLECTION

Health care

Accessing gender-affirming care as a young person

50 states + D.C.

Age limits, treatment types, exceptions and provider availability vary. This is not an adult-care map.

Alabama: Total Ban For Those Under 19Alaska: No RestrictionsArizona: Surgery Ban & Shield Executive Order SignedArkansas: Total BanCalifornia: Shield Law PassedColorado: Shield Law PassedConnecticut: Shield Law PassedDelaware: Shield Executive Order SignedDistrict of Columbia: Shield Law PassedFlorida: Total BanGeorgia: Surgery & Hormone Therapy BanHawaii: No RestrictionsIdaho: Total BanIllinois: Shield Law PassedIndiana: Total BanIowa: Total BanKansas: Total BanKentucky: Total BanLouisiana: Total BanMaine: Shield Law PassedMaryland: Shield Law PassedMassachusetts: Shield Law PassedMichigan: No RestrictionsMinnesota: Shield Law PassedMississippi: Total BanMissouri: Total BanMontana: No RestrictionsNebraska: Surgery Ban & Stricter Regulations For Those Under 19Nevada: No RestrictionsNew Hampshire: Total BanNew Jersey: Shield Executive Order SignedNew Mexico: Shield Law PassedNew York: Shield Law PassedNorth Carolina: Total BanNorth Dakota: Total BanOhio: Total BanOklahoma: Total BanOregon: Shield Law PassedPennsylvania: No RestrictionsRhode Island: Shield Law PassedSouth Carolina: Total BanSouth Dakota: Total BanTennessee: Total BanTexas: Total BanUtah: Total BanVermont: Shield Law PassedVirginia: No RestrictionsWashington: Shield Law PassedWest Virginia: Total BanWisconsin: No RestrictionsWyoming: Total BanALAKAZCOFLGAINKSMEMNNCNDOKPASDTXWYMOWVILNMARCAHIIAKYMIMSMTNHNYOHORTNUTVAWAWINESCIDNVVTLAMARICTNJDEMDDC
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Access / protection recognized17
No restriction reported8
Restriction reported26
Colors summarize the source’s description. Court limits, age and setting matter; read the state details. Territories are available in the state selector.

A record is what a source reported on the date it was captured, not a legal effective date. An unobserved record is not a finding that no restrictions exist.