Kentucky doctors could be arrested for transgender youth treatments under a proposed bill
Source: courier journal
Published 7:35 p.m. ET Jan. 27, 2020 | Updated 7:39 p.m. ET Jan. 27, 2020
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The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Savannah Maddox, would make it a felony for medical providers to prescribe medications, including puberty-blocking or hormone treatments, or conduct surgeries, for anyone younger than 18 with the intent to alter their gender.
Ostensibly aimed at barring children who could still be grappling with their gender identity from undergoing body-changing treatments, the measure drew a sharp rebuke from LGBTQ advocates and families who say it would only heighten risks for transgender youth.
“These sorts of decisions need to be made by medical providers, not politicians,” said Chris Hartman, director of the Fairness Campaign, an LGBTQ-rights organization in Louisville. He said it represents a “coordinated political attack” on transgender people “for election-year purposes."
Maddox did not respond to messages seeking comment. But last fall she wrote on her Facebook page her intention to draft the bill, saying, "I am a strong advocate for parent's (sic) rights — but it is not the right of a parent to permanently alter a child's gender or identity, even when based upon certain behaviors or the perceptions of a child's mind which has not yet had time to fully develop."....................
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The measure joins several other proposed bills targeting transgender individuals in Kentucky’s General Assembly this year........................................
It's rare for transgender minors to get surgery, and most have undergone years of consultations with doctors, counselors and family, often first changing names or how they dress, before any medications are adopted, experts said..................
Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-general-assembly/2020/01/27/kentucky-bill-targets-doctors-who-help-transgender-kids-reassign/4589781002/
Same thing happening in SD. damn
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the GOP still controls the KY House and Senate. Additionally it only requires a simple majority in the House and Senate to override a Veto.
How stupid is that? You need a simple majority to pass the bill in the first place so what makes them think that a Veto is going to get a bunch of legislators to quake in their boots and decide to vote NO on a bill they already voted YES on and the Gov is of the opposite party?
Arrrrrgh!!!
