North Carolina legislature overrides governor's vetoes to enact 3 bills targeting transgender youth
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN
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Gender-affirming care is considered safe and medically necessary by the leading professional health associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the Endocrine Society.
North Carolina's Senate and House voted minutes apart Wednesday to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill limiting LGBTQ+ instruction in the early grades, immediately making it law. It also bans instruction about gender identity and sexuality in K-4 classrooms, which critics have previously likened to a Florida law opponents call “Don’t Say Gay.” The Senate voted 27-18 for the override, followed swiftly by a 72-47 decisive House vote.
Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to gender-affirming treatments after the Republican-led General Assembly overrode the Democratic governor's vetoes of that legislation and other bills touching on gender in sports and LGBTQ+ instruction in the classroom.
Long and arduous debate and the vetoes bouncing between chambers led to the biggest one-day veto in state history.