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Georgia state House Democrats staged a walkout to protestation a ballot connected a measure headed to the governor's table for his signature prohibiting taxpayer-funded enactment alteration surgeries for inmates.
The measure passed connected a 100-2 vote, and some recorded nary votes were from Democrats.
The legislation, SB 185, sponsored by Republican authorities Sen. Randy Robertson, bars the Georgia Department of Corrections from providing taxpayer-funded transgender aesculapian treatments, including surgeries and hormonal treatments, to situation inmates. Robertson contends determination are astir 5 inmates incarcerated successful the DOC that person treatments.
The measure present heads to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's table for his signature.
All but 2 Democrats successful the Georgia State House walked disconnected the level to debar voting connected a measure to prohibition taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for inmates. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
"This disappointing stunt underscores a troubling disconnect betwixt Democrats and the values of the radical they serve," Republican House Majority Whip James Burchett told Fox News Digital. "They knew they had nary effect to the substance of the bill. So, alternatively than statement its merits, they chose to wantonness their duties by leaving the chamber."
However, Democratic House Whip Sam Park contended it was Republicans playing politics, not Democrats.
"Republicans proceed to discarded clip connected their manufactured civilization wars portion Georgians conflict with expanding costs of housing, food, healthcare and an progressively uncertain system owed to Republican enactment successful D.C.," Park said. "We walked retired to marque it clear: Georgia Democrats are present to combat for moving families, not governmental distractions."
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Georgia Republicans person taken an assertive attack toward transgender issues this legislative league with the instauration of respective bills that question to align with President Donald Trump's enforcement orders.
Some of those bills, successful summation to SB 185, see blocking taxpayer-funded aesculapian treatments for authorities employees, prohibitions connected prescribing puberty blockers to minors and a prohibition connected biologic males competing successful girls precocious schoolhouse sports.
It's unclear however overmuch cosmetic oregon surgical transgender treatments outgo each payer successful Georgia, but the Gender Confirmation Center estimates alterations tin beryllium anyplace from $8,000 to $50,000, depending connected the benignant of procedure.
Other states this twelvemonth person moved to present akin bills banning taxpayer-funded transgender treatments for inmates, including Utah and Kentucky. California was among the archetypal states to supply transgender procedures for situation inmates successful 2017 aft a ineligible conflict launched by an inmate 2 years earlier.
Sunlight reflects disconnected of the aureate dome of the Georgia Capitol successful Atlanta Aug. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
In January and February 2025, Trump signed enforcement orders rolling backmost federally-funded "gender ideology" initiatives. These orders specify "sex" strictly arsenic antheral oregon female, mandate national agencies to conform to this explanation and prohibit transgender individuals from utilizing single-sex federally-funded facilities. They besides forestall federally funded transgender treatments for some inmates and minors and prohibition biologic males from competing successful women's sports.
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"Yesterday’s walkout by Georgia Democrats during a ballot to prohibition taxpayer-funded enactment reassignment surgeries for prisoners is simply a disgraceful show of misplaced priorities," Rep. Houston Gaines, vice president of the Georgia House Majority Caucus, said.
"By storming retired of the legislative session, these lawmakers abandoned their work to correspond their constituents and prosecute successful the antiauthoritarian process, each to grandstand implicit an contented that astir Georgians find absurd."
Jamie Joseph is simply a U.S. Politics newsman for Fox News Digital covering transgender and civilization issues, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and stateside legislative developments.
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