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| Georgia Gov Kemp signs bill banning inmate transgender treatment at taxpayer expense |
| 2025-05-10 |
| [JustTheNews] The state is facing two lawsuits from inmates over transgender treatments. "Taxpayer dollars should not be used for procedures like this," Kemp said before signing the bill. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Thursday that prohibits state funds from being used for inmate transgender care. "Taxpayer dollars should not be used for procedures like this," Kemp said before signing the bill at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth. The state is facing two lawsuits from inmates over transgender treatments. Ronnie Fuller, housed in Pulaski State Prison, is asking the state to pay for a mastectomy. Fuller is a female who identified as a male, according to a document filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Justice Department filed a statement of interest in the case of Jane Doe vs. the Georgia Department of Corrections but withdrew its statement last month. The department filed a statement in the Fuller case, according to a release. “The prior administration’s arguments in transgender inmate cases were based on junk science,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a statement. "There has never been an Eighth Amendment right for inmates to demand elective and experimental surgeries. States’ limited resources need not be wasted to provide these dubious surgeries to inmates." Related: Transgender treatment 04/04/2025 Ban on taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners sparks Dem walkout in Georgia House vote Transgender treatment 12/20/2023 Planned Parenthood's Trans Hormone Business Is Booming, Creating Thousands Of New Patients ‘For Life' Transgender treatment 06/01/2023 Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey bans transgender athletes from competing against women in college sports as concerns about athletic fairness grow across the nation Related: Brian Kemp 04/04/2025 Ban on taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners sparks Dem walkout in Georgia House vote Brian Kemp 01/17/2025 Georgia State Senator Colton Moore pushed to the ground and arrested Brian Kemp 01/02/2025 Georgia judge Stephen Yekel shoots himself dead inside courtroom on last day in office |
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