The state House of Representatives in Connecticut voted last week in support of emergency legislation in response to “President Donald J. Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ services, including gender-affirming care.”
Reports the CT Mirror:
[The bill] was a partisan measure that would provide funding for Planned Parenthood, refugee resettlement agencies and other nonprofits struggling with federal funding freezes or threatened losses, including several that provide health care and counseling to an LGBTQ clientele.
House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said the Democrats were happy to take their first concrete legislative step in reaction to Trump’s promise of mass deportations and his orders stripping funding from refugee resettlement funding, gender-affirming care and anything promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
“We want to send a message that we support these organizations,” Ritter said. “We support the individuals and the families that utilize these organizations, and we want to show that the government of Connecticut has a very different opinion on how we treat people with respect and dignity.”
Republicans proposed an amendment to the partisan bill that would have imposed a ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports, echoing an order by Trump that resulted in the NCAA bowing to the president rather than risk the loss of federal funding. The GOP amendment failed, 89-49.
Read the complete CT Mirror story here.
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