North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature overrode Democratic Gov.
Roy Cooper’s veto of three bills affecting transgender children on
Wednesday. This is a victory for parents, despite what you read
elsewhere.
One bill bans North Carolina doctors from helping minors change their
sex characteristics, including giving them puberty blockers and
hormone therapy. Another bans biological males from competing on
women’s and girls’ sports teams in middle school, high school and
college. A third bans instruction on “gender identity, sexual
activity, or sexuality” in kindergarten through fourth grade, and
requires schools to let parents know if their child asked to be called
by a different name or pronoun.
Although Republicans have a comfortable majority in the state Senate,
in the House they achieved a veto-proof majority in April when Rep.
Tricia Cotham switched parties. Republicans are hoping to repeat their
success by passing tax cuts and expanding school choice over Gov.
Cooper’s objection when they finish with the budget.
Often lost amid the passions unleashed is that these bills involve
minors, some as young as kindergarten. Gender identification is
contentious, involving competing—and often irreconcilable—views of
what is best for children, especially those who are unhappy with their
sex or confused about their identity. In this case the real argument
is about who gets to make those decisions. There are about 20 other
states with similar restrictions for minors.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-transgender-victory-for-parents-in-north-carolina/ar-AA1fq75f?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=cb8569e6e2264c94964cdd407b2afb05&ei=17
The days of turning your sons into daughters is coming to an end
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