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JohnEdgarSlowHorses » 17 Oct 2024, 1:36 am » wrote: ↑

17 Oct 2024, 1:36 am

Harris: ‘I will follow the law’ on gender-affirming surgery for transgender inmates

Portions of a Trump campaign ad that sharply criticizes Harris over her past support for using taxpayer funds for gender-affirming surgery for transgender inmates, including those who are undocumented.

When asked by Baier if she still supported the idea, Harris said, “I will follow the law.”   

“It’s actually a law Donald Trump followed,” she added.

“Under Donald Trump’s administration, these surgeries were available to — on a medically necessary basis — to people in the federal prison system.   

And I think that ad from the Trump campaign is a little bit of throwing stones when you live in a glass house.”

The federal law has been in effect since February 2018. While the Trump administration stiffened treatment guidelines previously set by the Obama administration for who is eligible for transgender surgery, it remained available during Trump’s presidency.     

Baier pointed out that “Trump aides” have said that no surgeries happened during his presidency, which is true — the first operation was in 2022.
Still, Harris shot back that Trump was trying to scare voters with the ad.

“[Trump] spent $20 million on those ads trying to create a sense of fear in the voters because he actually has no plan in this election that is about focusing on the needs of the American people,” Harris said.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/4-takeaways- ... 00297.html

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