Thu Aug 10, 2023 – 12:49 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The University of Kentucky has admitted to performing breast removals on healthy teenage girls for “gender reassignment” purposes, contradicting Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear’s insistence that such procedures “don’t happen” in the Bluegrass State.
In March, Kentucky enacted S.B. 150, which forbids minors from being subjected to surgical or chemical “sex change” interventions, requires medical providers to wean minors off of already-dispensed puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones, prohibits classroom discussion of sexual or gender ideology, discourages state education officials from implementing or recommending “gender-affirming” policies such as using “preferred pronouns” or hiding transitions from parents, and restricts school restrooms and lockers to the correct sex.
Beshear had vetoed the measure, claiming that “improving access to gender-affirming care is an important means of improving health outcomes for the transgender population,” only to be overridden by the legislature. Last month he changed his tune in an interview, insisting, “my position on this has always been clear. I have never supported gender reassignment surgery for minors, and they don’t happen in Kentucky.”
This week, the Washington Free Beacon reported that it has obtained a March 2 letter from Jay Grider,
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