Re: Alabama passes bill making some transgender healthcare a felony

On 4/9/22 3:57 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
> https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/alabama-lawmakers-pass-bill-
> criminalizing-transgender-healthcare-2022-04-07/
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> April 7 (Reuters) - Alabama lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that would 
> criminalize gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth, with a 
> threat of 10 years in prison for medical providers.
> 
> The legislation, passed 66-28 by the state's House of Representatives on 
> the last day of the legislative session, is the latest in a flurry of 
> measures in Republican-led states dealing with transgender youth.
> 
> The American Civil Liberties Union called it the first bill of its kind to 
> make healthcare for transgender youth a felony and said it would challenge 
> the bill in court if Republican Governor Kay Ivey signed it into law.
> 
> The bill would make it a felony punishable with up to 10 years in prison 
> to provide medical care including hormone treatment, puberty blockers and 
> gender reassignment surgery to minors.
> 
> Democrats in the minority tried to fight the bill in part by arguing it 
> contradicted Republican principles on the role of government.
> 
> "This is not small government; this is not a conservative bill," 
> Democratic Representative Neil Rafferty told the chamber.
> 
> But Republican Representative Wes Allen likened the initiative to laws 
> that prevent minors from getting tattoos or buying nicotine products.
> 
> "We make decisions in this body all the time that are to protect children 
> from making decisions that could permanently harm them," Allen said.
> 
> Ivey has not said whether she would sign the bill, but last year she 
> signed one banning transgender athletes from school sports. Ivey's office 
> did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
> 
> The bill would also compel school personnel to disclose to the parent or 
> legal guardian that a "minor's perception of his or her gender or sex is 
> inconsistent with the minor's sex."
> 
> Last week, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill banning irreversible 
> gender reassignment surgery for minors. read more
> 
> Mainstream medical and mental health professionals say gender-affirming 
> care saves lives by reducing the risk of depression and suicide. Gender-
> reassignment surgery for people under 18 is extremely rare and would take 
> place only after years of treatment in cases where the patient's wishes 
> are unwavering, according to medical experts.
> 
> The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly opposed the bill and urged 
> Ivey to veto it.
> 
> "This legislation targets vulnerable young people and puts them at great 
> risk of physical and mental harm," Mark Del Monte, the academy's chief 
> executive, said in a statement. "Criminalizing evidence-based, medically 
> necessary services is dangerous."
> 
> The Alabama Senate has also passed a bill that would require students in 
> public schools to use bathrooms or changing rooms that match the gender on 
> their original birth certificates. An amendment was attached to the bill, 
> which now has to go back to the House for a vote, prohibiting classroom 
> discussion on sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grades.
> 
> Transgender rights have emerged as one of the issues at the forefront in 
> the culture wars ahead of the November mid-term congressional elections. 
> Lawmakers have introduced hundreds of bills across state legislatures, the 
> majority of them dealing with trans youth.
> 
> Many Republicans and conservative activists promote the laws as safeguards 
> for children and parental rights. Opponents, including Democrats and 
> LGBTQ+ organizations, say the legislation is harmful, unnecessary and 
> unfairly targeting vulnerable and underrepresented communities.
> 
> Interferes with gay recruiting efforts too.  Gays are made, not born.
> 
> 
According to Democrats there is no such thing as Transgender health
care. They are the same as anyone else, so they deserve the same health
care as everyone else.

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
*deriving their just powers from the consent* of the governed, — That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is
the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government,"

It would seem that *MANDATES* are NOT derived from the consent of the
governed. The Constitution doesn't delegate unlimited power to mandate
the governed... become part of a medical experiment.

"This is the classic definition of a “cult,” when facts and real science
are tossed aside for beliefs that contradict the actual facts."

Joe Biden says NO Constitution clause or Amendment (POWERS) or (RIGHTS)
are absolute, if so then where did Joe Biden get the ABSOLUTE POWER TO
MANDATE ANY PERSON BE FORCED OR COERCED TO BE VACCINATED? Think about
that! The Constitution doesn't make Joe Biden a King and you/we are NOT
ROYAL property.

-That's karma-