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Spokane council delays action on ordinance C-36667 after heated debate over gender-related amendments
Summary
City council spent more than an hour debating competing amendments to ordinance C-36667 — addressing city-funded gender‑affirming care for minors, parental notification, bathroom access and school sports — then deferred first reading to April 21 with final consideration set for April 28.
Spokane City Council members on April 14 debated competing amendments to ordinance C-36667, which includes provisions touching on medical care for minors, parental notification, bathroom access and participation in school sports, then voted to defer the ordinance’s first reading to April 21 with final consideration scheduled for April 28.
The ordinance drew extensive comment from council members and produced sharply divergent views. Council member Bingle moved to adopt three amendments he introduced — which he described as measures to bar city funds from being used for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors, to protect conscientious objection, and to require parental notification for psychological or physical treatment…
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