New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The US House of Representatives passed the Protect Children's Innocence Act on Wednesday. It seeks to ban "genital or bodily mutilation of a minor." The bill would effectively ban gender-affirming treatments for transgender children.

The bill, sponsored by right-wing firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG), was approved by 216 votes to 211 and now heads to the Senate, where its fate is less certain.

The 'Protect Children's Innocence' Bill, which is yet to be passed by the Senate, seeks to amend section 116 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to genital and bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors.

Greene's bill would make it a federal crime to conduct a variety of procedures. "My bill, Protect ...