<p>A transgender state lawmaker lashed out at colleagues during a debate on a bill to ban <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender-surgery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender surgeries</a> for minors.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/montana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Montana</a> State Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D-Missoula), a transgender person, lashed out at Republican lawmakers in the state on Tuesday while the state House of Representatives debated amendments to a bill banning transgender surgery for minors. Zephyr said the lawmakers had &#8220;blood on their hands.&#8221; Republicans in turn moved to censure Zephyr for the comments.</p>
<p>&#8220;The only thing I will say is if you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments, I hope the next time there&#8217;s an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands,&#8221; Zephyr said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rep Zooey Zephyr of Missoula said the following when debating SB99 Amendments.</p>
<p>“The only thing I will say is if you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments I hope the next time there’s an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands.” <a href="https://t.co/wuhlympbLq">pic.twitter.com/wuhlympbLq</a></p>
<p>— Montana Freedom Caucus (@MTFreedomCaucus) <a href="https://twitter.com/MTFreedomCaucus/status/1648441274868043777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The Montana <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/19-statehouses-have-bigger-republican-majorities-than-florida-this-group-is-making-sure-they-act-like-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Freedom Caucus</a>, a group of more than 20 conservative state legislators, called for Zephyr to be censured for the comments. &#8220;The Montana Freedom Caucus demands Representative Zooey Zephyr of Missoula&#8217;s House District 100 be censured by the House for attempting to shame the Montana legislative body and by using inappropriate and uncalled-for language during a floor debate over amendments concerning Senate Bill 99 — to ban sex changes of minor children,&#8221; the Montana Freedom Caucus wrote in a <a href="https://twitter.com/MTFreedomCaucus/status/1648486168122757130/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. &#8220;This bill already passed the Montana House and Senate, and the debate was over amendments requested by the governor. The amendments were concurred in on a 66-34 vote. This bill is important because it protects minor children from forced life-altering and unnecessary surgical procedures.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;While individual legislators have condemned his behavior, the legislature itself has not yet issued a collective statement acknowledging the wrongdoing and upholding a commitment to civil discourse,&#8221; the lawmakers continued. &#8220;This kind of hateful rhetoric from an elected official is exactly why tragedies such as the Covenant Christian School shooting in Nashville occurred.&#8221;</p>
<p>They also cited a former Montana Supreme Court <a href="https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/james-nelson-a-former-justice-on-the-montana-supreme-court/video_f05cd183-5a94-57fd-adb0-3c4af2b07e44.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">justice</a> who called Republican-backed judicial reforms a &#8220;jihad&#8221; and a &#8220;fight to the death.&#8221; &#8220;[T]here is unmistakable evidence of a desire for some to engage in violence over political beliefs,&#8221; the group concluded. &#8220;This must stop.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Montana State Senate passed <a href="https://apnews.com/article/transgender-healthcare-ban-minors-montana-049eb8f098ce297b52ce2973839ad1f4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Bill 99</a> in late March. The bill would ban puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgery for minors. It also bans state Medicaid funds from covering transgender medication or surgery. Violators would be liable to losing their license for a period of one year. Montana Governor <a href="https://www.ktvh.com/news/68th-session/gianforte-requests-amendment-to-a-bill-banning-gender-affirming-care-for-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Gianforte</a> line-item vetoed the bill, and returned the bill to the legislature affirming his support for the bill while requesting amendments.</p>
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<p>&#8220;As currently written, Senate Bill 99 provides an imprecise definition of &#8216;male&#8217; and &#8216;female,’” Gianforte wrote. &#8220;As currently written, the bill does not contemplate treatment for a child requiring a necessary medical procedure because he or she was born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development. Finally, as currently written, the bill is unclear about public funding restrictictions.&#8221;</p>
<p>The governor&#8217;s amendments included amended defintions that reinforce the binary between male and female, provide carve-outs for necessary medical treatments like menopause or cancer requiring removal of sex organs, and clarify that public funding may not be used on any transgender medical treatment.</p>

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