Conservatives in the Nebraska legislature won just enough votes Friday to pass a combined ban on abortion at 12 weeks and gender-affirming treatment for minors, amid continuing protests at the state capitol.
More than a dozen states have also passed restrictions on transgender people this year, including Florida and North Carolina. Texas’s Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday approved a bill banning hormone and puberty-blocking treatments as well as surgeries for transgender minors.
Sen. Megan Hunt, an independent with a 12-year-old transgender son, alternately castigated and pleaded with the bill’s supporters to relent, at times crying openly.“We are in the midst of a time of unprecedented violence for LGBTQ people in our country,” she said. “We are working to fight for rights that we have already won.”“You are the epitome of what you claim to be fighting against,” he said.
The chamber’s glass doors were locked, protesters prevented from displaying signs nearby as extra state troopers patrolled. When shouts erupted in the gallery during debate, Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly — who presides over the legislature — called a temporary recess and directed security to clear the gallery.
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