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NC Lawmakers Override Vetoes of Anti-transgender Bills

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The North Carolina General Assembly overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of three anti-transgender bills in a late session Wednesday.

Cooper vetoed House Bill 574, House Bill 808 and Senate Bill 49 on July 5, stating in a press release the measures were “a triple threat of political culture wars using government to invade the rights and responsibilities of parents and doctors, hurting vulnerable children and damaging our state’s reputation and economy … .” HB 574 bans trans girls and women from playing on girls and women’s middle school, high school and college sports teams.

The House of Representatives overrode the veto by a 74-45 margin. The Senate followed suit. “Since 2019, there have been only two transgender girls playing sports in the state of North Carolina … these girls are certainly not trying to destroy women’s sports.

These girls are just trying to belong,” state Sen. Julie Mayfield (D-49) said. HB 808 bans all health providers, public or private, in the state from providing gender-affirming care to minors.

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