The Washington Senate has passed a bill previously voted on by the House that would prohibit Washington law enforcement agencies or the courts from enforcing other states’ laws regarding abortion or gender surgeries.
However, opponents warn that the legislation, which would take effect as soon as it’s signed by Gov. Jay Inslee due to its emergency clause, could instigate retaliatory responses from those states.
Speaking on the Senate floor prior to the 29-20 vote, Sen. Jim McCune, R-Graham, warned that HB 1469 will lead to the “biggest lawsuit you will ever see in the state.” The sponsor of a failed amendment restricting the bill’s scope to those 18 years or older criticized it as “another bill in a long line that supports genital mutilation of children and erodes the family relationship. This bill is unnecessary and dangerous for children in the state of Washington and coming out of state. You will […]
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