智利首先禁止在拉丁美洲为未成年人的性别过渡程序提供公共资金。 Chile bans public funding for minors' gender transition procedures, first in Latin America.

智利参议院批准了一项法律,禁止将公共资金用于18岁以下未成年人的性别过渡程序,这是拉丁美洲首次禁止这样做。 The Chilean Senate has approved a law banning the use of public funds for gender transition procedures for minors under 18, marking the first such ban in Latin America. 该法在对援助超过4 142名儿童的PAIG方案进行审查之后,旨在保护未成年人免受不可逆转的治疗。 The law, which follows scrutiny of the PAIG program aiding over 4,142 children, aims to protect minors from irreversible medical treatments. 政府可以向宪法法院对法律提出质疑。 The government may challenge the law at the Constitutional Court.