Republican lawmakers have filed a bevy of bills restricting transgender rights all over the country in the last two months.

The organization Freedom for All Americans is tracking anti-transgender legislation at the state level, where numerous bills have been filed this month and in December.

Many of the bills are intended to stop gender-affirming health care for minors. Bills have been introduced in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Hampshire, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas that would restrict young transgender people’s access to health care.

Some of the bills, like Florida’s and South Dakota’s, would make it a felony to provide puberty blockers to minors, even though puberty usually occurs when a person is under the age of 18.

State Rep. Brad Daw (R) will soon introduce similar legislation in Utah, and he said that the purpose of his bill is to prevent transgender minors from “changing their lives permanently.” Read more via LGBTQ Nation