Posted on 04/17/2023 6:50:29 PM PDT by Morgana
Colorado will become the first state to legally protect teen transgender treatment 'tourism' as part of a trio of bills signed by its Democratic governor.
The new laws mean healthcare providers cannot be sued by red states where gender-affirming medication and surgery are illegal if their residents travel to Colorado for care.
It makes Colorado a safe haven for children under-18 with gender dysphoria looking for puberty blockers, hormone therapies and sex change operations - which have been restricted in more than a dozen Republican states.
Leading US medical authorities support so-called gender-affirming care for minors but conservatives and some experts argue children are too young to make irreversible changes to their bodies.
The three bills that Gov Jared Polis signed into law on Friday also protect healthcare providers from being sued by neighboring states if their residents travel to Colorado for abortions.
Bordering states of Wyoming and Oklahoma are among the red states that have severely restricted transgender care for minors and abortions.
Gov Polis said: ‘Here in Colorado, we value individual freedoms, and we stand up to protect them…I’m excited by the work of advocates and legislators to further Colorado’s reputation as a beacon of freedom, a beacon of choice, a beacon of individuality where we live our own lives on our own terms in a Colorado for all.’
Democratic state Sen. Julie Gonzales added: ‘We see you and in Colorado, we’ve got your back.’
But Conservatives have pushed back on liberal efforts to make interstate travel for restricted healthcare easier.
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I’m about half way through. The first few chapters are stuff you already knew if you’ve been following the news ( though it seems fairly New York city centric as is the author.) I expect that latter half will be more enlightening.
These people are sick and demented. How many of them put their kids on this crap? What a _________ up bunch of evil people. They all need to be shot into outer space and never heard from again. I can’t imagine what my deceased parents would think of the insanity happening today.
TRANSLATION: "Lose your Rocky Mountain Oysters in the Rocky Mountains."
Actually, Trinidad, CO was known as a Mecca for “gender reassignment surgery” 40 years ago. A factoid I picked up when I had a car breakdown there at that time.
Wrong. It makes Colorado a horrible danger zone for children being manipulated by adult perverts.
54 years of evil.
I remember seeing a 60 Minutes show about Trinidad back in the early 90’s or so. Freak state.
So what you’re saying is that the government of Colorado willfully executed a conspiracy to violate the United States Constitution by regulating commerce in another state?
Meh, you’ve always been able to travel to other states for different laws, I’m not sure how this is new.
I would assume a parent that cares about their child wouldn’t let them cross state lines so easily anyway.
I think both authors are from around here (NY) but Karol now lives in Florida.
I expect to see a lot more of this kind of criticism in the future. It’s starting to feel like people have finally had enough. The over-woke have gone too far.
The beer rebellion was a real eye-opener. But it’s involving the children that really seems to have hit a nerve.
Satanic cesspool state.
Correct. The inhabitants worship Satan.
So proud that i moved to Colorado from my long time home in Florida. So very proud, Gag me with a dirty sock.
Natural selection - some folks should take themselves out of the gene pool.
Easy to solve.
Just pass a law in, say Texas, that says you can sue a doctor that performs a medical procedure on the Texas resident that is a minor for performing any medical procedure that would be forbidden in Texas on the minor.
Give the parents the right to sue , too.
It’s all about money. No provider would touch it.
CO ping
TransPsycho Governor does what TransPsycho governors do.
Obviously!
I know!
Well, Colorado, better embrace the degeneracy. You earned the fallout.
Imps and demons
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