Closer Look with Rose Scott

Local families respond to SB140

March 15, 2023

There were high emotions at the Georgia State Capitol on Tuesday when lawmakers passed SB140 during a Georgia House Public Health Committee hearing. Rose talks with WABE politics reporter Sam Gringlas, Katie Leikam, a Decatur-based psychotherapist and gender therapist, and three local parents, Linda Grabbe, Jonathan Smith and Sarah Price, about SB140. The proposed legislation aims to block trans youth from receiving hormone replacement therapy, as well as prohibits medical professionals from performing certain surgical procedures at hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities

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