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Gender affirming care is life-saving treatment for many transgender people.

Its availability could change drastically based on who wins the U.S. presidential election.

The escalation in attacks on transgender people and the LGBTQ community more broadly over the past few years has been incredibly dramatic.

And that is a speed of attack that we haven't seen possibly ever.

It's Monday, November 4th, and you're listening to Science Friday.

I'm SciFri producer, Rasha Eredi.

If you're in the United States, you know that tomorrow, November 5th, is the day we've all

been dreading, I mean waiting for.

It's election day.

In terms of health care, abortion and reproductive access

have taken center stage this election season, as well as plans to make medical care more affordable

or not. But there's also been a lot of talk, specifically from the Trump campaign,

to restrict access to gender affirming care for trans and non-binary people.

Here's guest host Rachel Feldman with more.

This year alone, various states have considered 182 bills aimed at prohibiting gender

affirming care, which can include hormone therapy and surgery.

And it's become a central part of the Trump vans campaign. They've stated that if

elected, they'll ask Congress to ban Medicare and Medicaid from covering gender affirming care.

They've also pledged to cut off federal funding to any hospitals and clinics that provide gender

affirming care. And just a quick content note for listeners before we get into this discussion, we will

briefly be touching on the topic of suicide. Here to discuss what's at stake are Dr. Logan Casey,

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