Out lawmaker holds up black market drugs people will turn to if gender-affirming care ban passes

As Georgia state senators consider a final reconciliation bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state, the pleas of one state representative to defeat the legislation still echo through the halls of the Georgia state capital in Atlanta.

On Thursday, Rep. Park Cannon (D), who is queer, stood up against S.B. 140 during the debate in the state house with a dramatic demonstration of how banning drugs that are essential to trans healthcare will impact kids and their families.

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She doesn’t want doctors to decide what is or isn’t “medically necessary.” She wants politicians to decide that.

“What’s going to be the impact of this bill?” Cannon asked her colleagues. “I want to show you.”

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“I know deeply the people who this bill will impact. They’re the same people who have called & emailed you & have gotten no responses.”

SB140 is government overreach taking private medical decisions away from families & their doctors. This bill is dangerous for trans youth.