More than a dozen states have drafted or voted on restrictions to critical healthcare for trans youth.

But it's not just the 150,000 American kids who identify as transgender trans youth that are being targeted. The livelihoods of doctors and pediatricians who provide this care are at stake too.

Across the country doctors in this field are being harassed and threatened, and can even be legally charged.

We speak to three doctors about what gender-affirming care is and the toll this legislation is taking on their patients and professions.

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