Legislation that impacts our most vulnerable youth requires careful consideration and deliberation. While not a perfect bill, we are grateful for Sen. Kennedy’s more nuanced and thoughtful approach to this terribly divisive issue. More and more experts, states and countries around the world are pausing these permanent and life-altering treatments for new patients until more and better research can help determine the long-term consequences.
We will continue to push the Legislature for additional resources to organizations that work to help this important Utah community. While we understand our words will be of little comfort to those who disagree with us, we sincerely hope that we can treat our transgender families with more love and respect as we work to better understand the science and consequences behind these procedures.”
One down, forty-nine to go.
Should ban it for everyone
Good in principle, but isn’t it ‘divisive’?
Sincerely, Fred Luntz*
*the ‘pollster’ that 98% of Republicans believe without ever asking if he’s full of Shiite.
This is smart on Utah’s part because now California will pay for it.
How times change? We used to have the “Genital Mutilation Bill”, aimed at not slicing up little children’s naughty bits. Now we just mandate what we earlier prohibited.
It’s a blemish on every other red state that they haven’t done this yet.
Excellent!