Arizona State Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise) introduced a bill today that would require insurers and providers of chemical castration drugs and surgeries to also provide and cover “de-transitioning” procedures.
"If doctors are going to block the natural puberty process of children and surgically alter the genitalia of people struggling with gender dysphoria, they must be prepared to undo the damage – as much as possible," said Shamp. "And if insurers are going to pay for gender-altering drugs and surgeries, they must also pay for any effort to regain the victim’s God-given identity.
“My heart goes out to the growing number of people, especially children, who are struggling with their identity and are being pushed into physically altering their bodies as a solution, instead of receiving the mental health care they deserve,” said Shamp.
The bill, SB 1511, would also institute measures to “hold health care providers and insurance companies accountable for the damage they cause by prescribing off-label drugs and experimenting on children and adults with irreversible surgeries,” said a press release issued by Shamp.
Shamp introduced the bill at a press conference at which she was joined by Chloe Cole, a 19-year-old woman who said that she had “gender dysphoria” was given “puberty blockers,” testosterone and had a double mastectomy at age 12. She has since “de-transitioned” and supports Shamp’s bill, as well as bans on the chemical castration of minors.
Shamp was first elected to represent Arizona’s 29th Legislative District in Nov. 2022. She defeated Democrat David Raymer, winning 59 percent to Raymer’s 41 percent.
A resident of Surprise, Shamp graduated cum laude from Arizona State University and received her nursing degree, also graduating cum laude, from Grand Canyon University.
She is an operating room nurse, and said she was fired from her nursing position for refusing to take the “COVID” MRNA injection.
Arizona’s 29th Legislative District is entirely located within Maricopa County, west and northwest of Phoenix. The district stretches from Litchfield Park in the south to north of Morristown in the north, stopping to the east of Wickenburg. It includes Luke Air Force Base.
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