Proposition 135 (Statutory)

Decisions about medically appropriate care for minors belong with patients, their parents or guardians, and qualified health-care professionals—not in a blanket rule imposed at the ballot box. Proposition 135 would prohibit certain surgeries for anyone under 18 based specifically on whether the treatment is related to the young person’s perception of sex or gender, while permitting medical treatment of sex characteristics in other circumstances. These are complex, highly individualized medical decisions that are better governed by medical standards of care and informed consent than by a one-size-fits-all statutory ban.