by saying: “Always in my heart of hearts have I believed that a decision should be made by a patient and a physician. I believe in the physicians in Louisiana. I believe in the scope of practice. I believe in the standard of care.”When he voted against the bill a second time, he referred to the fact that it would end ongoing care for the few dozen children receiving it.
“What’s really troubling about this bill is basically it says that if you’re presently stabilized on this treatment that you have to be weaned off,”In Utah, Republican stateis a more consistent vote against anti-trans bills, ever since his work on hate-crime legislation and suicide prevention led him to do two things that should be routine but aren’t: consider the data, and meet actual people affected by anti-trans legislation.