All but two Democrats in the Georgia State House exited the chamber to avoid voting on a bill to ban taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for inmates.
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GeorgiastateHouseDemocratsstagedawalkouttoprotestavoteonabillheadedtothegovernor’sdeskforhissignatureprohibitingtaxpayer-fundedsexchangesurgeriesforinmates.
Thebillpassedona100-2vote,andbothrecordednovoteswerefromDemocrats.
Thelegislation,SB185,sponsoredbyRepublicanstateSen.RandyRobertson,barstheGeorgiaDepartmentofCorrectionsfromprovidingtaxpayer-fundedtransgendermedicaltreatments,includingsurgeriesandhormonaltreatments,toprisoninmates.RobertsoncontendsthereareaboutfiveinmatesincarceratedintheDOCthatreceivetreatments.
ThebillnowheadstoRepublicanGov.BrianKemp’sdeskforhissignature.
PRISONERSHAVENO‘CONSTITUTIONALRIGHT’TOSEXCHANGES,REDSTATEAGTELLSCOURTINBRIEFBACKINGTRUMP
“ThisdisappointingstuntunderscoresatroublingdisconnectbetweenDemocratsandthevaluesofthepeopletheyserve,”RepublicanHouseMajorityWhipJamesBurchetttoldFoxN
