FRANKFORT, KY – The Family Foundation applauds Rep. Jennifer Decker, the bill’s sponsor, and the House chamber for the passage of HB 470 – the Do No Harm Act. The bill now heads to the Kentucky Senate for consideration.
The Do No Harm Act prohibits “gender transition” procedures, including sex change surgeries, puberty-blocking drugs, and cross-sex hormones. As testimony by medical experts made clear in a committee hearing earlier today, the harms of each of these procedures are irreversible and no physically healthy child should ever be subjected to them.
Statement from David Walls, executive director of The Family Foundation:
“The Do No Harm Act will protect Kentucky children from life-altering surgery or hormone experimentation – barbaric procedures that do tremendous and irreversible harm. No child should be told they are in the wrong body, subjected to irreversible harm by a predatory medical industry, and left to suffer the consequences.
As today’s testimony made clear, the Kentucky General Assembly has a moral obligation to act this session to protect Kentucky’s children. We must ensure that children are lovingly affirmed in the truth of how God created them,” concluded Walls.
House Bill 470, the Do No Harm Act, passed the House Judiciary Committee with a 14-7 vote earlier in the day. Kentuckians can take action to encourage their Kentucky legislators to support HB 470 and other important bills to protect children at https://www.kentuckyfamily.org/take-action/.
Thank you to every representative who voted for this much needed bill! Hoping and praying that the Senate will pass it into law.
Amen 🙏 I am so grateful to live in KY where everyone says that we are slow on things but we get them done the way it should be
Now we need the marijuana completely passed for medical and recreational
Life is hard for children in today’s society. They are young and impressionable. Their tender minds are sculpted by what they hear and see. Kids must be allowed to develop and grow. When adulthood is reached, then they can decide.
Trying to push children into adult situations is nothing but political and money driven at the expense of children! Let parents raise their children not government and it’s ridiculous that this is even on the agenda. Schools and board members need to leave the parenting to parents. Teachers need to go back to basics and teach instead of trying to indoctrinate their own agendas on our children, they do not belong to them or the government.
Thank God for this law, prayfully it will pass. No one should be sujected to the surgical, medical procedures until they reach the age and maturity of adults…21+! Until that time they are apt to make decisions they will sorely regret for the rest of their lives. There’s too much influence, pressure and confusion for children and teens to make sensible decisions. We must protect our children !!
When I was very, very young all the way through age 11, I prayed each night GOD would turn me into a boy. I wanted to be a boy so bad that I would wear my brother’s clothes, act the way he did and even wanted people to call me by a male name. I did this because I was sure that “uncles” didn’t hurt boys the way they did girl’s. Imagine my surprise when as an adult, I found out that after he left my room each night, he went straight to my brother’s. Had transition services been around back then I would’ve demanded it. I’m so glad they weren’t. It would’ve been the biggest mistake of my life. I love the woman I’ve become today and wouldn’t change it for a million dollars. We have to protect our children in so many ways, if even from themselves, until they’re old enough to understand! Thank you to all who backed this bill and I pray it makes it all the way through!
Lisa
I’m very sorry about what you went through, but it is not fair to make uncles look bad like you did. You make it sound like all uncles are predators. That is not even close to the truth. My uncles were always wonderful human beings to me and my siblings and my brothers are just awesome with my children. I trust my brothers with my kids just as much as I trust my mother and grandmother with them.
Thank you Kentucky! A win for our children. Make it a law senate. I wonder what the governor’s stand is on this issue. KAG?
Everyone it doesn’t matter what the governor stand is but I hope he is for it
The GOP in Frankfort has a Super Majority they can do anything they want.
This is where the school system has failed. People don’t even understand the basic functions of how government works
just what they learn from social media and Fox so called fair and balance news