Greg Gianforte signaled his willingness to sign the bill on April 17 when he offered some amendments to make it clear that public funds could not be used to pay for hormone blockers, cross-sex hormones or surgical procedures. “This bill is an overly broad blanket ban that takes decisions that should be made by families and physicians and puts them in the hands of politicians,” the Montana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics has said.
To trans youth she added: “There’s an understandable inclination towards despair in these moments, but know that we are going to win and until then, lean on community, because we will have one another’s backs.” And it will go down in the courts,” Zephyr said.
It is as cruel as it is unconstitutional. “I know that this is an unconstitutional bill. Zephyr decried the bill’s signing, saying “it is unconscionable to deprive Montanans of the care that we need.” House Speaker Matt Regier refused to let Zephyr speak on the House floor until she apologized. Montana is one of at least 15 states with laws to ban such care despite protests from the families of transgender youth that the care is essential.ĭebate over Montana’s bill drew national attention after Republicans punished Zephyr for her remarks, saying her words were personally offensive.
Montana became the latest state to ban or restrict gender-affirming medical care for transgender kids Friday when its Republican governor signed legislation that exiled transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr told fellow lawmakers would leave “blood” on their hands.
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