Blue states see 'shield laws' as bulwark against Republican efforts to restrict abortion and gender-affirming care
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By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN
As Republican lawmakers have pushed restrictions on abortion and gender-affirming care in recent months, Democratic-led states have increasingly responded by passing so-called shield laws to protect people who undergo such care against the possibility they could one day face prosecution.
In South Dakota and elsewhere, conservative politicians are decrying the performances, an LGBTQ tradition, as inappropriate.
/PRNewswire/ -- Transgender advocates from communities across the nation will discuss the impact of anti-trans laws and rhetoric at a Headliners Newsmaker on...
WASHINGTON — Republicans hoping to elevate conservative messaging about health care and services for transgender individuals have followed the same playbook that they used to advance anti-abortion legislation: starting in