Four Republicans Vote Against Banning Child Sex Changes

Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene secured one last victory before her quickly approaching resignation date in January 2026.

The House voted Wednesday evening to pass Greene’s bill criminalizing child sex change procedures nationwide over the objections of four House Republicans.

Three Democratic lawmakers — Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas and Don Davis of North Carolina — crossed party lines to support Greene’s measure. All three Democratic lawmakers represent swing districts that Republicans are seeking to flip during next year’s midterm elections after GOP-led redistrictingmade them more friendly to the party.

The four Republicans who voted against the child sex change procedures ban are Reps. Gabe Evans of Colorado, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mike Kennedy of Utah and Mike Lawler of New York.

Greene’s bill, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act (PCIA), would make it a class C felony to perform child sex change procedures — an offense punishable to up to 10 years in prison. Parents and those who assist minors in gaining access to sex change procedures would also be subject to punishment.

The vote marked the first time legislation banning puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries for minors seeking to alter their biological sex reached the House floor.

“Republicans showed today that they are as committed to protecting children as Democrats are to disfiguring them,” Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, said in a statement. “Democrats have been captured by an ideology that is as poisonous as it is profitable.”

Greene has sought to enact a nationwide ban on child-sex changes since 2022, but a floor vote on her legislation has long been elusive.