I guess we shouldn’t be shocked. Aside from climate change denialism, the war on science includes killing abortion doctors, declaring war on public health officers,threatening medical scientists with jail. I suppose it makes sense they would want to jail doctors providing gender affirming medical care.
And now they are adding therapists to the mix apparently under the assumption that if you even acknowledge gender dysphoria and attempt to help minors deal with it, you are some kind of deviant?
We are now perilously close to thought crime territory now. Therapists work with the mind, they don’t perform surgery or (unless they are medical doctors) prescribe hormones. So I guess if your kid experiences gender dysphoria, your only path to help him or her through it is through one of those violent conversion camps or what … exorcism? These people believe they can force this whole idea out of society and they are willing to use the power of the state to do it.
That’s what is referred to as “freedom” in the American right wing.