Groups call on Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to veto anti-transgender bills. alpolitics
SB184, called the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, has been heavily debated for three years. Proponents say the therapies should not be used on minors because of the long-term consequences that they might later regret.
“Never before in the entire history of our country has a state government tried to literally criminalize parents or doctors for providing children with beneficial, necessary, well-established medical care,” said Shannon Minster, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. “That’s not only wrong; it is unlawful.”
“Governor Ivey and the legislators in the State House are liable for the harm they cause to transgender people’s wellbeing caused by being subjected to repeated legislative attacks on their dignity and humanity,” said Carmarion D. Anderson-Harvey, Human Rights Campaign Alabama State Director. “These vulnerable children are being attacked by our anti-LGBTQ lawmakers to score political points.”
Rev. Julie Conrady of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham said the legislation will not stop her church and others in Alabama to continue to affirm transgender people. Read more: Alabama’s only openly gay legislator to anti-trans bill backers: ‘Don’t you dare call me a friend’
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