Happening now in the #NCGA: The House Committee on Health is taking up HB 808, another anti-transgender bill that targets gender-affirming health care.
Gender-affirming health care is essential, life-saving health care. @PPSouthAtlantic is a proud provider of gender-affirming health care, including hormone therapy, in North Carolina. #ncpol#NCGA
@PPSouthAtlantic Update on the bill: Lawmakers have amended HB 808 to limit the bill to prevent gender-affirming surgical procedures on minors. With this amendment, the bill would appear to NOT affect hormone therapy in the state. #NCGA#ncpol
NEWS: The House committee just abruptly passed HB 808 (as amended) and ended the hearing without allowing members of the public to speak.
The #NCGA is supposed to be the PEOPLE'S house. This is shameful and undemocratic. #ncpol
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🚨 Happening now: House and Senate lawmakers have started to take up Senate Bill 20, the 46-page monster abortion ban announced last night. Lawmakers have had less than 11 hours to read the bill.
The monster abortion ban has been put forward as a "conference report," not a regular bill. This is a deliberate procedural move that allows politicians to (1) bypass the standard committee process (2) prevent any amendments to the bill (3) ram it through for a vote. #NCGA#ncpol
"I believe a deliberative body should deliberate. I am very uncomfortable with looking through this bill and seeing the wide range of subjects that are affected... This affects the rights of over half the population of the state." - @LeaderReives#NCGA#ncpol