Gender affirming care bans are sweeping red states. They target transgender youth in cruel ways and go against medical guidelines and standards of care. Georgia is the first "purple" state to do so.
Yesterday, Georgia passed SB140, a bill that bans gender affirming care for transgender youth. In doing so, it became the 10th such state to pass a ban and the very first state that voted for Biden in the general election cycle to do so. This move comes after a major state-wide senate election featured a Republican candidate, Herschel Walker, that leaned hard into anti-trans stances and lost. Despite the lack of political success seen at the state level in Georgia when targeting transgender people, Republicans there have pushed ahead with the ban and passed it through both legislative chambers. It awaits the governor’s signature before it is enacted into law.
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By (deliberately) not focusing on local elections, the Dems have made it so that it truly doesn't matter whether or not transphobic legislation loses Senate, House, or even gubernatorial elections. The state legislature will just slam it through, and there are no alternatives on the ballot.
Libs are currently coping with this by saying that all this transphobic legislation will just make the Democrats win even harder in 2024, where they will undo it all come 2025.
Flash forward 2 years from now, and you'll probably find those same libs scratching their heads, wondering how Ron DeSantis won the presidency, and how the Democrats lost House and Senate, when the Republicans ran their entire campaign on "stop the evil transes".
State legislatures can override gubernatorial vetoes if they have the numbers to do it, generally 2/3 majority. The gop has just over half of the seats in the Arizona house and senate, but not enough for a 2/3 majority.
Looks like it passed house and senate by simple majority along state lines, and is headed to the governor's desk. We'll see where it goes from there. I'm sure Kemp will sign it, but it'll probably get held up in a lower court.
The state whose electoral vote went to Biden 51% to 49% has extremely right-wing politicians? YOU DON'T SAY
:maybe-later-honey: :butt: we must :vote: to elect Warnock!
Now they can't even flee to Georgia. :joker-amerikkklap:
You're right Warnock cares more about sports teams than advocating for anything.
https://twitter.com/ReverendWarnock
