FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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BILL TO SHIELD MINORS FROM SURGICAL TRANSITIONING ADVANCES
The “Youth Health Protection Act,” passed in the House Health Committee, and because of time constraints, only Representatives Hugh Blackwell (HD86) and Ken Fontenot (HD24) gave remarks about the legislation. NC Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald commented on today’s hearing.
“I agree with Representative Fontenot that medical transitioning of minors is done in the name of equity and diversity, not based on sound science, and their comorbidities are recklessly being ignored to fast track medicalization. Children are being irreversibly damaged at the hands of medical and trans activists,” said Fitzgerald. “Gender mutilation of girls is already against North Carolina law, and it’s time to extend those protections to boys. Children are being sterilized, castrated and given mastectomies with experimental transitioning in North Carolina at medical facilities such as Cone Health, ECU, Duke, UNC, and Levine Children’s Hospital. HB 808 is needed to protect children from the devastating, life-altering effects of gender surgery.”
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