Georgia Leaders respond to Senate Bill 140

A proposed bill that blocks trans minors from receiving hormone replacement therapy, as well as prohibits medical professionals from performing certain surgical procedures at hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities, is making its way through Georgia’s legislature. SB140, that’s backed by Sen. Carden Summers and several other lawmakers, was heard and passed during a Georgia House Public Health Committee hearing on Tuesday. Rose talks with WABE politics reporter Sam Gringlas, Andrea Young, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, and Democratic State Sen. Rev. Kim Jackson about the measure.