Arizona Republicans are accusing Arizona Democrats of continuing their “war against women and girls” in the wake of Governor Katie Hobbs’ latest veto blocking efforts to protect biological females from being forced to share showers with biological males.
Without exception, Democrat lawmakers in both the Arizona Senate and House voted ‘no’ on SB 1182, a bill sponsored by Senator John Kavanagh, which would have required public schools to provide reasonable accommodations to any individuals unwilling or unable to use a multioccupancy shower room designated for their biological sex.
Reasonable accommodations could include a private shower space for transgender kids, or a designated time for those individuals to use their preferred shower, among other options.
Kavanagh’s bill would not have taken away anyone’s rights, rather says the sponsor, “it would have kept all children in our public schools safe from sexual harassment or sexual violence and protected their natural desire for privacy from the opposite sex while showering after physical education class, sports practice, or other athletic programs offered at our schools.”
The bill would have also protected students and their families, in the event reasonable accommodations are not provided, by providing private cause of action to those individuals.
“Girls should not be forced to shower with boys in our taxpayer-funded public schools. It’s utterly disgusting that Democrats, who are out-of-touch with reality, continue to push gender neutrality upon our children, endangering their safety and well-being just to politically platform off a small population they pretend to care about,” said Kavanagh. “All students, not just transgender kids, deserve to feel safe and deserve to have privacy when they’re naked in a shower. This was a reasonable bill that a majority of Arizonans agree with. Unfortunately, because of this partisan driven veto by our Governor, our daughters, granddaughters, nieces, and neighbors will continue to be subjected to not only embarrassment, but sexual assaults and harassment in the event a boy who’s claiming to be a girl is allowed into their female-only showers. I encourage Arizona parents, women, and girls to reach out to the Governor and our Democrat state lawmakers and demand they respect their privacy rights. Change will only happen if we continue to speak out and push back against these injustices our women and girls continue to endure at the hands of Arizona Democrats.”
You mean to say that what was morally wrong and punishable in my day is now legal? Where o where art thou, America? Paraphrasing, but a valid question.