We previously opined on the so-called “Women’s Bill of Rights” — HB 5243 — that has absolutely nothing to do with women’s rights and everything to do with promoting an anti-trans, anti-nonbinary, anti-intersex agenda. Recently, House Democrats tried to amend in some actual ...
Good: SB 293 — the “Glucagon for Schools Act” allows all schools to keep glucagon on hand and to allow personnel to administer glucagon to a diabetic student who is severely hypoglycemic (after receiving training, of course). This bill failed to pass last year, and we’re glad to see ...
As Ash Orr mentions in their guest essay, hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced across the nation — most of which target transgender people. We’ve noticed, however, the anti-trans rhetoric is the tip of the spear — the foot in the door, so to speak. Polling data ...
by Carl P. Leubsdorf A year after the murder of 19 students and two teachers at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School, the Texas legislature could be trying to curb the state’s easy access to deadly firearms. As thousands of poor people lose the temporary access to Medicaid ...
by Noah Feldman Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives have passed a bill authorizing the state to take custody of children if their parents have agreed to give them gender-affirming health care. The law is obviously terrible policy. And it’s particularly hypocritical ...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to reinstate West Virginia’s trans-athlete ban after Attorney General Patrick Morrisey requested an emergency injunction to put the law back into effect as the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals considers the case. In response, Morrisey said ...