comment: Is this simple hypocrisy on the past of hyperpartisan politicians, or is there an actual reason that these carve-outs and exceptions should exist, and if so, why is that missing more or less entirely from the public debate?
  
  The issue is that being trans is complicated, even for trans people.  I am not trans, but I consider myself an Ally, and I have had lots of trans friends who took great pains to answer my questions and explain what was going on with them.  Even now, years later, I still don't understand the finer details of it all.
  What I do understand, however, is that trans people know their bodies the best, and along with their doctors should be entitled to any procedures that make them feel more comfortable in their own skin.
  Meanwhile, conservative politicians who also don't understand trans people, not even a little bit, are convinced that anyone who is supportive of a minor transitioning is a child abuser, a groomer, or some combination of the two.  So they pass laws that restrict minors from being able to transition, or restrict doctors from performing the necessary procedures, because they think they are protecting kids from themselves or the liberal parents who indoctrinated them.
  It is also a cynical ploy to gin up anger in the conservative voting base because they can't get angry about Roe vs. Wade anymore so they have to find a new wedge cultural issue to use as a distraction so they can keep cutting taxes for their wealthy donors.