CALIFORNIA FAMILY MINUTE 08/26/2020

Dr. Dobson Comes Out Swinging Against CA “Gender Mutilation and Sterilization” Bill As California's legislature enters the last week of the 2020 session, Evangelical icon and world-renowned Christian family psychologist Dr. James Dobson took the debate against California’s gender transitioning bill national, saying this legislation “supports gender mutilation and sterilization” and celebrates “acts of cruelty.” AB 2218, authored by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D – Los Angeles), uses taxpayer dollars to fund nonprofits, hospitals, and health care clinics that provide transgender-identifying minors and adults with sterilizing transitioning drugs and surgeries. The bill has made its way through the legislative process and is set for final votes in the Senate and the Assembly this week. Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) also condemned the bill, saying it incentivizes doctors to “rush” immature children to make “life-altering and irreversible” decisions about their bodies. California Congressman Doug LaMalfa introduced two federal bills several weeks ago to ban these drugs and surgeries for minors and to ban federal funds for these treatments for children and adults. "No rational society or compassionate individual could possibly celebrate the mutilation of adolescents or adults," Dr. Dobson said in a statement sent to CFC. "And yet this bill would fund procedures including double mastectomies on adolescent girls and genital amputations and reconstructive procedures for individuals older than 18. This isn’t the fulfillment of personal autonomy—this is the celebration of acts of cruelty. Read more...

Last Six Days of the Session: California Family Council’s List of Bad Bills The California Family Council strongly opposes the following pieces of legislation being considered by the Senate and Assembly during the last six days of the 2020 legislative session. AB 2218: Bill to fund sterilizing drugs and surgeries for children and adults with gender dysphoria SB 132: Gives male inmates the legal right to be housed in women’s prisons SB 1237 and AB 890: Lowering health standards for abortion providers again SB 145: Lowers the penalties for adults who have sex will same-sex minors AB 1145: Lowers the mandated reporting requirements for some statutory rape cases Read details here... Call to Action These bills will be voted on over the next six days, with the final day of the 2020 legislative session on Monday, August 31. Call your member of the Senate and Assembly and let them know your concerns regarding the bills above. Find your California Senate and Assembly members’ contact information here.