Posted on 04/03/2025 5:01:44 PM PDT by Red Badger
Georgia House Democrats staged a walkout at the Georgia State Capitol Wednesday, leaving the chamber in protest as lawmakers debated a bill that would end taxpayer-funded sex change surgeries for state prison inmates.
The walkout occurred amidst a heated debate over Senate Bill (SB) 185, which subsequently passed the House by a 100-2 vote, with all Democrats opting out of the vote through their departure, according to Fox Atlanta. The bill received opposition solely from Georgia Democratic Rep. Regina Lewis-Ward and David Sampson. They cast the only two ‘no’ votes while their colleagues walked out in protest. The bill now awaits Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature.
SB 185 prohibits the use of state funds for sex change surgeries, hormone replacement therapies and cosmetic procedures designed to alter sexual characteristics for state inmates in Georgia. Exceptions are allowed for medically necessary treatments unrelated to gender dysphoria, specific congenital conditions, partial androgen insensitivity syndrome and for continuing pre-existing hormone therapies solely for transitional purposes.
Before the walkout, Republican Georgia Rep. Scott Hilton, who introduced the bill on the House floor, said that his constituents oppose using taxpayer money for sex change surgeries for inmates in state custody, saying it provides better health care than what “law-abiding citizens” receive. However, Democratic Georgia Rep. Tanya Miller, who chairs the House Democratic Caucus, criticized Republicans for focusing on this bill when she said that only five state inmates have requested such care. She said debating the issue on the penultimate day of this year’s legislative session overlooks more urgent concerns like education, healthcare and public safety.
“Our constituents sent us here to address serious pressing issues affecting their daily lives,” Miller said. “Yet, instead of addressing real problems, my colleagues in the majority party continue their extreme agenda.”
After the Democrats walked out of the chamber, Republican Rep. Trey Kelley denounced their exit and said that leaving the chamber instead of advocating for fiscal responsibility was disgraceful. Republican House Majority Whip James Burchett said that elections have outcomes and added that Georgia taxpayers deem this issue significant and oppose funding elective surgeries.
Republicans said that the bill allows for exceptions, permitting the Georgia Department of Corrections to cover treatments deemed medically necessary, including for inmates with chromosomal abnormalities that cause ambiguous biological sex. In response, Miller said that the bill is an assault on Georgia’s transgender community.
California provides sex change surgeries for inmates, having spent over $4 million on such procedures since 2017. The state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has seen a significant increase in requests for these surgeries, with numbers expected to rise further in the coming years.
In contrast, states like Georgia, Idaho and Texas have enacted strict limitations or outright bans on providing sex change surgeries to minors and, in some cases, extended these restrictions to adults, including inmates.
“We demand bottom surgery!”
“We demand you cut our ding-dongs off!”......................
Why? Why is this the hill that Dems die on?
They are insane.
If the Republicans don’t use this in 2026 midterms in a commercial they are even more stupid that I thought...............
They’re out of their so-called minds.
Yes...it seems absurd...I do not get it
Yes the Marxist democrats need to die on this pervert transgender hill.
Transgender is the work of Satan.
Sick.
That will bring the working class back.
Our society has become one huge free range prison.
Pure commie theatre
It is truly strange.
I cannot fathom the reason they would do something so idiotic as this..............
And so the way you address those other issues is by...walking out of the chamber so they cannot be voted upon??
If that was really the Dems' concern, they should have supported a quick up or down vote and then moved on to those other issues rather than wasting time with theatrics.
Can a “real woman” get breast enlargement surgery. If not, sue the state. If a “man” can get breasts “made” then an “woman” should get hers enlarged.
If a “woman” can get a male organ made, then a “man” should be able to have his alteredz
Just saying
They’re not even human.
And satanic.
We are 6 trillion dollars in debt
We do not even have the money for this
How stupid are these government officials
This is elective surgery wth cosmetic surgery involved. Private insurance companies will not pay for it.
US taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill for this foolishness.
We are 36 trillion dollars in debt
We do not even have the money for this
How stupid are these government officials
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