Friday, January 19, 2024

GET ME REWRITE: Iowa GOP state senator and foe of reproductive rights introduces homophobic/transphobic legislation

 
She's piece of work!  An Iowa version of Wisconsin's own Babs Dittrich.

Headline:  Des Moines Register, 1/18/2024
Senate File 2037, introduced by Sen. Sandy Salmon, R-Janesville, comes months after the city of Waterloo attempted to ban the practice, before repealing it under the threat of a lawsuit from a Christian organization. 
"Conversion therapy" — trying to alter a person's sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling — has been discredited by major health associations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics. 
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"I've been told over and over again that we don't need to address conversion therapy because it doesn't happen in Iowa," said Keenan Crow, director of policy and advocacy for One Iowa. 
"It would seem that this legislation is an implicit admission that not only is it happening, but that the Legislature wants it to happen, and in fact wants to grant conversion therapists additional 

Related post:
What's the matter with Iowa?  Abortion foes at Iowa March for Life attempt to wag the dog, (6/26/2023)

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