Neb. lawmaker brings state Legislature to a halt to stop transgender care ban

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Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh began to filibuster during a meeting on Thursday, in hopes of blocking a bill that would bar minors from receiving gender-affirming health care. “I will burn the session to the ground over this bill,” Cavanaugh said.

bar minors from receiving gender-affirming health care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery. The measure, introduced by state Sen. Kathleen Kauth, a Republican, would also prohibit any institution or provider of such care to minors from receiving state funding.In an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday, Cavanaugh said she is trying to make her colleagues choose between bills that target transgender health care and other legislation.

“So I’m just going to practically make sure that my colleagues have to make a choice about what it is they want to do, what our job is,” Cavanaugh told Maddow. “Is our job to legislate hate, or is our job to govern and work on tax cuts and work on the economy? So I’m forcing their hand.” The unicameral Legislature is officially nonpartisan, but Republicans hold 32 seats to Democrats’ 17, one vote shy of being able to end a filibuster.

Cavanaugh said she filibustered even while she had strep throat because the issue of minors being able to access health care “is too important.” “At the end of the day, this is going to hurt children,” she told Maddow. “I don’t care how sick I get. I don’t care how tired I am. I am not going to look back on this moment in time and say I didn’t do everything that I possibly could to fight for and protect children, especially our most vulnerable children, which are trans youth.”

 

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Brett___Ryan Go Machaela... talk the bollocks off the fkrs!

Sounds productive

Cavanaugh will burn in hell!!!

You people are sick

THAT'S☝️what a patriot and representative of the people looks like. Exactly who is the other side working for? Bigots? Hypocrites? Dark money? I'm guessing all the above.

Good!

Republicans hyperventilating over virtually non-existant issues. It's grown tiresome 🥱.

Who made you God ⁉️. Sending you miracles and LOVE who MADE ALL children 💝

So she made a terroristic threat in a state's Congress?

There really is no such thing as gender-affirming healthcare.

This women need to be arrested for supporting pedophilia and grooming to little kids. This democrats ate sick people.

Let kids be kids, the demoncrats are lead by satan. You know it nbc your just too afraid to stand up and say it

The amount of hate is truly astounding. This is the true American crisis. Lack of love,compassion and empathy is truly seen here.

She is a hero. God bless her!

Democrats are groomers

No surgery 18 years old

She must really want young boys to reduce their bone density jeez

FBI Threats of arson and violence based on political issues.

'burn to the ground.' No male rage there...

In other words, she's a groomer.

No one under the age of 18 should ever be allowed to make permanent, life-altering decisions. Of any kind, on any topic, for any reason. Period.

She's clearly a pedophile if she's this much against anti-grooming policies.

Wtf is wrong w people - how could anyone in their right mind support this

Because people who are below the age of consent for intercourse are mature enough to decide to mutilate their bodies? Sound logic there.

'Gender affirming' 😆 What a cute way to say child mutilation.

The consecutive events of school girls getting poisoned are increasing, everyday we're seeing students getting poisoned in a different city. The same students who were one of the main carriers of this revolution مهسا_امینی IRGCterrorists

Those are domestic terrorists words. Where you at democrats?

It’s just more big gov from people who claim they love small gov.

“Gender affirming care”….is there a more deceptive term used by leftists than this one?…

Castrating kids is a troubling hill to die on.

“Going to burn it to the ground?” Sure seems like a threat to a government body. Arrest her and problem solved. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Makes you wonder if this is simply a way for parents to get the child they REALLY wanted.

Terrorism.

Leave our kids alone!

Remember when child mutilation was a crime?

“Gender-affirming” is a cover. These children are mutilated, castrated, sterilized, and drugged. The world will one day face a reckoning over what they’ve done to these poor children.

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