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Senate approves measure restricting use of state funds for transgender medical treatments for inmates
Summary
SB 185 bars state funds for gender‑reassignment surgeries and certain hormone therapies for state inmates, with narrow exceptions. The measure passed 37–15 after extensive debate and a failed amendment to grandfather existing therapy.
The Georgia Senate approved SB 185 on a 37–15 vote, blocking the use of state funds and resources for gender‑reassignment surgeries and related treatments for state inmates while allowing limited medical exceptions.
Senator Robertson (Senator Robertson, 20th District), the bill’s sponsor, told colleagues the measure addresses a policy gap in the Department of Corrections: “This legislation was written … to say we will not do surgery to change someone's sex,” Robertson said, arguing that prisons…
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