Connecticut Democrats are considering adding abortion and gender identity discrimination protections to the state constitution.
The measures are Senate Joint Resolution No. 4, adds a state equal protection clause that prohibits “discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, including the prevention, initiation, continuation, or termination of pregnancy.” Sexual orientation. Gender identity and gender expression. and related health care. ”
“Supporters argue that the measure merely strengthens Connecticut’s privacy rights, but opponents say the proposal opens the door to issues in areas such as abortion and women’s sports. I’m concerned that this could happen,” FOX61 said. report.
Kim Jones, co-founder of the Independent Council for Women in Sport (ICONS), said the move was a “terrible abuse of women”.
“We don’t allow adults to compete with children. We don’t allow doped athletes to compete with clean athletes. We don’t allow men to compete with women. “We haven’t,” Jones said.
“As soon as you say you have to be able to recognize someone’s sexual identity with the same values as their gender, what you’re saying is that you have a conflict and you don’t recognize a man, his beliefs, his thoughts.” “A sense of self is allowed to be replaced or equated with the value of women’s rights on the basis of gender,” she added.
Pro-life groups have also warned against the proposal, saying it could lead to more late-term abortions.
“Abortion is already legal in Connecticut. The only thing this (amendment) will do is make late-term abortions even easier than they are now. This is abortion right up to birth. We need that in Connecticut, too. Is it? No,” Said Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the Connecticut family of institutes;
Democratic Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Rooney said the amendment was simply about “the broader issue of the right to privacy” and that lawmakers “create no new rights at all.”
“This is the fundamental protection that people have relied on in many settings since 1965,” Rooney said. “We already have laws protecting abortion rights in our state because we passed them in 1990. Roe vs. WadeAnd while we still believe that it reflects the will of the people of Connecticut, what we’re talking about now is a much more aggressive attack than simply one related to privacy rights. is. Roe vs. Wade Or the abortion issue itself. ”
If Congress passes the resolution, it will be placed on the ballot in the next November election for voters to decide. The bill would need a 75% majority in both the state House and Senate to pass Congress.
