Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene scored one last victory before her fast-approaching January 2026 retirement date.
The House voted Wednesday night to pass Greene's bill. criminalizing gender reassignment procedures for children nationwide, despite the objections of four House Republicans. (RELATED: Trump Administration's Dismantling of Gender Ideology Leaves Activists, Legacy Media Reeling)
Three Democratic lawmakers — Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas and Don Davis of North Carolina — crossed party lines to support Greene's measures. All three Democratic lawmakers represent swing districts that Republicans are seeking to flip in next year's midterm elections after being led by the GOP. redistricting did they are more party friendly.
The four Republicans who voted against banning gender reassignment procedures were Representatives Gabe Evans of Colorado, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mike Kennedy of Utah and Mike Lawler of New York.
Greene's bill, the Protecting Children's Innocence Act (PCIA), would make performing gender reassignment procedures on a child a Class C felony, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Parents and those who help minors gain access to gender reassignment procedures will also be punished.
The vote marked the first time a bill banning puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries for minors seeking to change their biological sex has passed the House of Representatives.
“Republicans showed today that they are as committed to protecting children as Democrats are to mutilating them,” Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, said in a statement. “Democrats are caught up in an ideology that is as toxic as it is profitable.”
Greene had sought a nationwide ban on children's gender reassignments starting in 2022, but a vote on her legislation has long been impossible.
The Georgia Republican, however, secured a vote on her bill in exchange for supporting a procedural vote to advance the annual defense policy bill on Thursday. Ultimately, with Greene's support, the rule passed 215 to 211.
“I refused to vote for the rule to force the NDAA to vote on my bill, too bad that's what it takes,” Greene wrote on X Tuesday.
Texas Republican Chip Roy sharply criticized the deal was reached at a House Rules Committee meeting on Tuesday.
“Marjorie got that vote to buy her vote on the NDAA,” Roy said. “This is the kind of crap that’s going on around this institution, and I’m tired of it.”
Greene immediately responded and accused the Texas Republican of weakening her legislation to “continue the trans agenda for children.”
Roy argued that his amendment narrowing the scope of Greene's bill would make it more likely that the measure would pass the Senate and become law.
WASHINGTON, DC – August 23, 2021: U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) hugs Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) during a press conference on the infrastructure bill with fellow members of the House Freedom Caucus outside the Capitol building on August 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Over half US states have already introduced bans on gender reassignment procedures for minors, and in some limit residents from traveling out of state to receive these services.
President Donald Trump and most Republicans campaigned against gender ideology, and it became focal dot for him administration.
On the first day of his second term, Trump signed a number of documents. decrees targeting services for transgender people, including limiting federal agencies' funding of facilities that provide gender reassignment for children and making US policy recognize only two genders.
Some Democratic-controlled states, such as California, New York and Maryland, have defied the Trump administration and still provide gender reassignment services to minors.
Green announced her abrupt departure from Congress in a stunning video announcement in November. The Georgia Republican, who was once a close Trump ally, has become vocalist President and his agenda for his second term.
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