Here’s how state lawmakers are taking aim at transgender adults’ health care

While much state policy and attention have focused on restricting gender-affirming care for minors, more states now are seeking to limit such care for adults.

Lawmakers in several states have introduced bills that would prohibit Medicaid coverage of gender-transition services, prevent state or county health professionals from providing it, or bar the use of public money to pay for such care for adults who are incarcerated.