'Cruel' and 'extreme': Governor vetoes bill to protect children from risky transgender surgery, puberty blockers
At least 19 states have enacted legislation protecting minors from transgender surgeries and related procedures, PBS reported
Louisiana's Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed the "Stop Harming Our Kids Act," a bill that would have banned transgender surgery, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones for children.
"And, without doubt [the 'Stop Harming Our Kids Act'] is part of a targeted assault on children," Gov. Edwards wrote in a six-page veto letter dated Thursday, addressed to Louisiana's Speaker Clay Schexnayder (R). ---More...
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