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The North Carolina Legislature voted on Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of three bills that would restrict classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, forbid transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming medical care, ban transgender women and girls from participating on female sports teams, and outlaw transgender health care.
In his veto message last month, Cooper stated that “Republicans are serving up a triple threat of political culture wars.” As a result, he overrode all three legislation.
The gender-affirming health care restriction known as House Bill 808 forbids medical practitioners in North Carolina from giving hormones, puberty blockers, and procedures to transgender kids.
Those who started receiving treatment before August 1 may do so with their parents’ permission.
The newly enacted legislation, which is effective right now, also prohibits the use of state funds to finance government health programs that provide “surgical gender transition procedures, puberty-blocking drugs, or cross-sex hormones to a minor.”
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NC Senate Prohibits Gender-Affirming Medical Care
To override Cooper’s veto of the bill, the North Carolina House voted 74-45 on Wednesday. This was after Republicans won a veto-proof majority in April after state Rep. Tricia Cotham (R) switched sides.
Later that evening, the Senate voted to prohibit gender-affirming medical care for transgender children and young adults by a vote of 27–18, North Carolina is now the 19th state overall and the 22nd state to do so this year.
House Bill 574, which forbids transgender women and girls from middle school through college from participating on female sports teams, was also overridden by state lawmakers on Wednesday, overriding Cooper’s veto.
Republicans argued that the proposal is necessary to preserve the integrity of women’s sports on Wednesday, but Democrats in both chambers denounced it as “targeted abuse” of transgender youth.
State Democratic Rep. Marcia Morey, a former Olympian swimmer, criticized the legislation on the House floor on Wednesday. She said that the bill was simply malicious.
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Source: www.newsbreak.com
