SPONSOR: Fuchs
Upon voter approval, this Constitutional amendment provides that every individual has the right to make and carry out his or her own medical decisions, without government interference, so long as those decisions are made freely by the individual, are supported by a licensed physician, and are consistent with widely accepted and evidence-based standards of care.
The State is prohibited from burdening, penalizing, prohibiting, interfering with, or discriminating against the voluntary exercise by an individual of the right established in this amendment, or a person or entity assisting in the exercising of the right.
The right established in this section includes the right for individuals who are 18 years of age or older to make and carry out their own decisions relating to gender-affirming care, including, but not limited to, decisions on the administration of cross-sex hormones and gender-affirming medical procedures, which include, but are not limited to, chest or top surgeries, facial feminization or masculinization surgeries, genital or bottom surgeries, voice or airway surgeries, reproductive surgeries, hairline advancement, and body hair removal.