David Bickford has one of the worst voting records of all time. Bickford’s opponent in Strafford 3 is Susan DeRoy. She does not have a record, but her website (https://deroy4nh.com) suggests that she will vote well. She describes herself as a constitutionalist and lists her main issues as “End Wasteful Spending, Embrace Educational Freedom, Reduce Energy Costs, … Read more
The New Hampshire Legislature put several pro-women, pro-child, and pro-parent bills on Governor Chris Sununun’s desk this session. This is an accomplishment, given the razor-thin Republican majority, participation (attendance) issues inherent in a true citizen legislature, and defections on key bills. We always want and expect more, but then we must. Expectations matter, and there … Read more
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has signed HB619 and HB1205. The first bill restricts bottom surgery for minors in the Granite State. The second requires sports in schools to be divided by biological sex. Get more background on HB619 here and HB1205 here. Top surgery is not prohibited, so HB619 is an incremental step in … Read more
The NH Suicide Prevention Council (NHSPC) is lobbying against protecting children from genital mutilation and preserving girls’ sports and private spaces.
NH Senator Becky Whitley tweeted on June 1, the first day of Pride month: Happy Pride! It’s not always safe or easy to be your authentic self, but know you are loved and powerful just as you are. This month and always, I am proud to stand with you in the continued fight for true … Read more
Recently, the New Hampshire Senate voted to pass HB619 to ban genital gender reassignment surgeries for kids. The bill will soon be on Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk. This is a common-sense bill that was supported by virtually all Republicans in the NH House, two independents, and 11 Democrat state representatives including progressive Democrat Jonah Wheeler … Read more
Wednesday, the NH Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on HB619, which would ban genital sex reassignment surgery for kids. Sen. Cindy Rosenwald and Sen. Shannon Chandley pushed back against the bill. Sen. Chandley said, “We as legislators should not be engaging in the legislation of the practice of medicine.”
I gave testimony this week in support of New Hampshire bill HB619 to protect kids from genital gender reassignment surgery. This is my testimony.
This week you will have four opportunities to help pass bills to protect New Hampshire women and children from the serious abuses of the trans cult.
On April 17, I testified to the NH Senate HHS Committee in favor of Rep. Jim Kofalt’s bill HB1660 which would ban using Medicaid to pay for gender reassignment surgery for kids. Rep. Kofalt and I were the only two to testify in favor of the bill. Not forcing taxpayers to fund irreversible surgeries for … Read more
There is no sound evidence that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones improve mental health. “The reality is that we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions to manage gender-related distress.”
Bills to protect women and children from the trans cult are advancing in the New Hampshire House and Senate and the trans rights activists (TRAs) are desperate.
We learned that we had a full day with 52 House bills on the agenda but didn’t get through all of them. As the hour got late, we saved 10 for next week. We also learned that when Republicans show up, they stop bad bills from advancing and move good bills forward. Read more below.
You’ll likely have heard the latest shot ’round the world. But, if not, a Democrat legislator in the New Hampshire House, speaking to his fellow members, said that while he supports transgender people, he could not condone surgical intervention on children.
We learned that today we were able to finish up all of the leftover 2023 retained House bills and were successful in passing some really good bills… and killed some bad ones, too. It was a good two days!
Gender clinics welcome parent involvement as long as they do what they’re told. Dartmouth Health recently testified that giving children puberty blockers and hormones is “rendered following consultation with medical and mental health professionals and parents and guardians.” But parents are given one option: social and medical transition.
If Dartmouth Health is right that administering puberty blockers and hormones to boys and girls to try to make them look like the opposite sex is medically necessary, safe, and well-researched, then systematic reviews that say otherwise by France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, and Finland are wrong.
As a child, I was insistent, persistent, and consistent that I was a boy. I have no doubt that if the option to take puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones had been available, I would have done everything I could to obtain them, including threatening suicide, especially if I had others encouraging me to threaten suicide … Read more
For both the State House and the Legislative Office Building, enter through the front door. Fill out a pink card if you are testifying and hand it to the person or committee member collecting them. Sign in on a white or blue sheet if not testifying.