Texas House pushes bipartisan bills expanding telemedicine and postpartum care
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Epenesa Taylor-Togiai admires her newborn granddaughter Oshún Rae Lynn-Ku ulpo Togiai-Stevé after she is discharged from UCSF Hospital in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, August 1, 2020.Sarahbeth Maney, Staff / The Chronicle
Leaders in the Texas House on Wednesday unveiled a suite of health care initiatives aimed at boosting access for new moms, children, Texans in rural areas and those who depend on costly prescription drugs.
The bills, many of which have bipartisan backing, are among what was suggested to be the first wave of measures the lower chamber hopes to pass this session amid the coronavirus pandemic. Texas has long had some of the worst health outcomes in the country, as well as the highest uninsured rate.
Supergirl herself, Melissa Benoist, also spoke out against the bill, reposting Maines’ words to her Instagram story on Wednesday.
Along with the “Supergirl” cast, trans celebrities including Chaz Bono and Jamie Clayton posted their objections to the move.
“I’m disgusted that today Arkansas Legislators passed a bill denying trans youth, trans healthcare,” Bono tweeted. “In pandering to your base, you’re not only going against the medical professionals, you’re condemning trans youth to a fate that, unfortunately, some will find worse than death.”
I’m disgusted that today Arkansas Legislators passed a bill denying trans youth, trans healthcare. In pandering to your base, you’re not only going against the medical professionals, you’re condemning trans youth to a fate that, unfortunately, some will find worse than death.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Conservative Republican lawmakers on Wednesday tied funding for Kansas’ public schools to a proposal that would allow parents of academically struggling students to use state dollars to pay for private schooling.
Republican negotiators for the state House and Senate drafted the final version of legislation that would set up education savings accounts for students who are at-risk of failing in public schools, using tax dollars normally earmarked for those schools. Parents could use the state funds to cover a wide range of educational expenses to help their children, including tuition at private schools.
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The measure is part of an education bill that also includes Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposal to provide $5.2 billion in state aid to public school districts for the 2021-22 school year, a 5.3% increase in line with laws enacted in 2018 and 2019 to boost education funding. The laws complied with Kansas Supreme Court rulings in a school fin
Arkansas lawmakers enact transgender youth treatment ban
FILE - In this April 8, 2020 photo, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson gives the State of the State in the senate chamber of the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Hutchinson vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming treatments for transgender youth. (Tommy Metthe/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)
Published April 06. 2021 6:48PM
By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor s objections.
The Republican-controlled House and Senate voted to override GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson s veto of the measure, which prohibits doctors from providing gender confirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to anyone under 18 years old, or from referring them to other providers for the treatment.
Arkansas Senate overrides Republican governor s veto on bill targeting trans kids
Arkansas Republican-controlled House and Senate on Tuesday overrode GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson s veto of a bill that criminalizes gender-affirming care for transgender children. Why it matters: The bill, which is among the first of its kind in the U.S. to pass amid a record-breaking number of legislation targeting trans children, was harshly rebuked by the governor as an extreme government overreach.www.axios.com
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This is ridiculous the Supreme Court lets voter fraud stand but decides to take a stand on something as idiotic as this!