Mon Mar 27, 2023 – 4:09 pm EDT
FRANKFORT, Kentucky (LifeSiteNews) – Kentucky’s far-left Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a bill Friday that would ban gender “transition” procedures for minors as well as enact a series of provisions regarding how Kentucky schools handle gender, including limiting use of bathrooms to one’s biological sex.
In a veto message released announcing his veto of S.B. 150, Beshear, who is up for reelection this November, defended the mutilation of gender-confused minors with experimental drugs and surgeries and said that parents should have the ability to subject their children to such procedures.
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Beshear further claimed that the bill’s provisions would “turn educators and administrators into investigators that must listen in on student conversations and then knock on doors to confront and question parents and families about how students behave and/or refer to themselves or others.”
According to S.B. 150’s provisions, minors cannot be granted “sex change” drugs or surgeries, as well as inpatient and outpatient hospital services related to “affirming” a “gender identity.” Doctors would further have to establish a timeline to wean minors off of puberty
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