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This video is from the Montgomery County Democrat Central Committee Ballot Questions Advisory Committee (BQAC) hearing on August 28, 2024, and includes the testimony of a woman who understands that children should not be able to undergo elective gender surgery without the approval of their parents, funded by the State.
Most people believe that minors should not have the right to gender reassignment surgery without the approval of their parents. However, Ballot Question 1 - The Reproductive Freedom Amendment, gives minors the right alter their reproductive organs without their parents’ consent and with public funding.
Sen. Justin Ready asked if the bill can be changed to include carve-outs for minors, and was refused.
A clarification to this amendment must be added to ensure that parents have a say in the actions of their children.
Vote NO on QUESTION - 1
hi and Kathy we have you uh as
testifying on the reproductive Freedom
question yes thank you all right take it
away abortion through Birth has been
legal in Maryland since the 1991
Maryland Freedom of Choice act the law
went to referendum in '92 and 62% of
marylanders voted in favor of that law
since that time support for abortion has
grown abortion is permitted through
birth in Maryland there are two all
trimester abortion clinics in Maryland
many laws have passed that further
protect and promote abortion including
the 2022 abortion care access act which
provided that abortion be fully funded
the amendment is not simply an abortion
Amendment if it were the word abortion
would be in the amendment reproduction
freedom is not defined in the amendment
nor anywhere in Maryland law it is an
ambiguous term the first words of the
amendment are that every person it
doesn't say every adult person or every
person over the age of 18 efforts to
include minimum age
requirements and parental consent
requirements were rejected any current
laws that address parental consent will
be superseded by this amendment the the
amendment covers a new right called
reproductive Freedom that will apply to
all individuals regardless of age minor
children will be able to obtain drugs
and surgeries that pertain to their
reproductive system and their Anatomy
without their parents'
guidance pro-choice marylanders should
not have to sacrifice parental rights
for a badly written amendment when
abortion is already unrestricted and
fully funded by Maryland law people can
can be pro-choice and pro parents don't
throw parental rights out the window you
should recommend that we vote no on
question one thank you
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