MADISON – Today, Governor Evers chose to do what is not best for our kids. His veto pen has once again misguidedly put our next generations at risk.
Wisconsin Family Action President Daniel Degner responded, “We are disappointed but not surprised. By vetoing Assembly Bills 100, 102, 104 and Senate Bill 405, Gov. Evers continues to advance an ideology that demonstrably harms the children he claims to protect.”
First, Assembly Bill 100 and Assembly Bill 102 would have enacted the common-sense policy of not allowing men in women’s sports (or their locker rooms) in both K-12 schools and public universities.
“Just last week, the International Olympic Committee chose to put biology over ideology in setting a new policy that protects women’s sports. Sadly, Gov. Evers is choosing to ignore the facts and deny women and girls the privacy, safety, and equal opportunities they deserve,” notes Samuel Krebs, Legislative Director for Wisconsin Family Action.
Second, Assembly Bill 104 would have protected kids struggling with gender dysphoria by prohibiting experimental and dangerous surgeries and drug interventions aimed at altering a child’s biological sex.
Krebs states, “Children with gender dysphoria deserve kindness and respect not harmful experiments like puberty blockers. Instead, we must help kids address underlying issues, such as trauma or societal pressures, and reject ideologies that distort reality.”
Third, Senate Bill 405 would have allowed minors who were not properly informed about the risks of attempting a gender transition to sue negligent healthcare providers.
“Gov. Evers has denied appropriate protection for minors who deserve the same rigorous safeguards we provide for other irreversible, life-altering medical procedures. If medical providers fail to ensure informed consent, they breach their duty of care owed to these children and that warrants accountability,” remarked Krebs.
Finally, it is ironic that in his veto messages, Governor Evers says “I object to codifying discrimination into state statute.” Yet in the same release, Gov. Evers boasts about putting in place a viewpoint discrimination rule restricting what licensed counselors may say to clients about gender — a rule that, just today, was judged unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in a decisive 8-1 decision (Chiles v. Salazar).
Restricting what licensed counselors can say to clients about gender violates the First Amendment.
Will Gov. Evers address his own blatant discrimination? Or is it only discrimination when it fits his narrative?
