California state employees may no longer use state funds travel to states where LGBTQ discrimination is legal

Just the letter of the law. It’s not specifically said that medical practitioners can decide not to treat someone, specifically, but individuals, corporations and facilities can turn people away without any fields being restricted.

I don’t think I said that people are being pelted in the streets, or that hate doesn’t exist outside of KS, so I’m not sure who you’re responding to. What I said is that I wouldn’t blame someone for not wanting to take the risk of not being able to access treatment or services. I acknowledged that any one visitor to a state is unlikely to have a problem.

Look, I’ve lived in states where my advanced directives would be invalidated if I were to become incapacitated while pregnant. And that’s risk I decided to take for myself. We all get to decide the level of risk that we’re willing to take on for ourselves. For the conference that I help put on in Texas, our GLB and especially T members are partners in deciding what is and is not an appropriate level of risk, since they’re going to be the ones affected.

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