NEWS BRIEF
Sentinel Colorado reports that Colorado voters will decide Proposition 135 on Nov. 3. The measure would prohibit health care professionals from knowingly performing surgery on minors for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics and would bar state and federal funding, including Medicaid, for gender-affirming procedures.
According to the report, the Colorado Medical Society opposes the measure, saying it could interfere with physicians’ clinical judgment. The article also reports that Children’s Hospital Colorado has never provided gender-affirming surgeries for minors, while Denver Health stopped offering such surgeries for youth in early 2025.
What to know
Proposition 135 would need approval from a majority of Colorado voters to become law. The measure concerns surgeries and public funding, while providers cited in the report raised questions about how its language could be applied.
Reporting: LINDSEY TOOMER | Colorado Newsline · Sentinel Colorado · 10-05-2026
