Senate passes bill to stop transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care
Late Tuesday, at the end of an eight-hour session, the Indiana Senate passed Senate Bill 480, which would prohibit transgender children from receiving gender-affirming surgeries, hormonal therapy, and other medications.
In defending Senate Bill 480 Tuesday before the Senate, author Sen. Tyler Johnson, R-Leo, said the legislative body has a moral, medical and legal obligation to protect kids from harm.
Bill author Sen. Tyler Johnson, R-Leo, repeatedly said the legislative body has a moral, medical and legal obligation to protect kids from harm.
However, Sen. Andrea Hunley, D-Indianapolis, said parents’ rights and the safety of trans children were at stake.
“Parents do not choose pain for their children. Parents do not choose for their children to struggle in any way, whether that’s struggling in school, whether that’s struggling when they’re taking their driver’s exams, or whether they’re struggling with their gender identity,†she said. “Parents don’t choose that for their kids because we don’t want our children to feel pain, but parents work really hard to know what’s best for their children. And sometimes we disagree with what parents believe is best.â€
Sen. Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, went further, saying the legislature was in fact “bullying children.â€
Only three Republicans, Sen. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, and Sen. Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville, and Sen. Kyle Walker, R-Indianapolis, joined Democrats in voting against the bill, which passed 36-12.
FOOTNOTE: Editor’s note: This story was corrected to add Sen. Kyle Walker to the list of Republicans who voted no on SB 480.
Xain Ballenger is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
And Vaneta Becker once again shows her stripes. Amazingly, the local GOP can’t get a conservative to primary her.
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Seriously.
The GOP has become the party of do-nothings with the culture war die-hards.
STOP WASTING TIME on dumb crap like this bill, and GOVERN and PASS LAWS that decrease taxes, lower budgets, increase support for business, and support law enforcement.
The people who champion causes like this are a disaster. They are lazy. They are do-nothings. And they not Conservatives. Iran and Iraq has people like these idiots, they are called the morality police, and they actually empower these people.
God help the United States of America.
Sad, now my bulimic 98 pound transgender daughter can’t get her liposuction.
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Well. Trash usually does attract flies.
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