Louisiana Republican Sides With Dems to Block State Bill Banning Trans Drugs, Surgeries for Children, by Ashley Sadler

If passed, the measure would have prohibited the performance of mutilating surgeries and the prescription of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors.

By Ashley Sadler, LifeSiteNews, May 26, 2023

BATON ROUGE (LifeSiteNews) — A Republican Louisiana state senator on Wednesday cast the tie-breaking vote to block a bill that would have outlawed destructive “transgender” surgeries and drugs for children. 

Pharmacist and Louisiana Republican Sen. Fred Mills sided with Democrat colleagues in a 5-4 vote on the Senate Health and Welfare Committee May 24 to shoot down the bill, also known as the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act.” If passed, the measure would have prohibited the performance of mutilating surgeries and the prescription of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors.

The move by the Republican senator came after the state House of Representatives previously passed the measure, HB 648, in an overwhelming 71-24 vote. …

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