North Carolina lawmakers protect minors from transgender procedures, ideology

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Lawmakers overrode three of Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes. Associate Press/Photo by Hannah Schoenbaum

North Carolina lawmakers protect minors from transgender procedures, ideology

Lawmakers in the state House and Senate on Wednesday overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes on three measures. The bills protect children under age 18 from receiving transgender procedures or cross-sex hormones, prohibit boys from participating in girls’ school sports, and ban gender ideology from being taught in kindergarten through fourth grade. Cooper vetoed the measures last month. All three laws took effect immediately on Wednesday.

Have other states implemented similar protections? At least 20 states have passed laws to protect children from transgender surgeries and drug regimens. Kentucky legislators in March overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill to protect minors from similar surgeries and from being taught transgender ideas in schools. A federal judge later blocked part of the law.

Dig deeper: Read Adele Fulton’s report in Liberties about how Christians, Muslims, and Jews came together to fight for parental rights.

Lauren Canterberry

Lauren Canterberry is a reporter for WORLD. She graduated from the World Journalism Institute and the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism, both in 2017. She worked as a local reporter in Texas and now lives in Georgia with her husband.