(File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin State Assembly on Thursday approved two bills authored by State Rep. Amanda Nedweski (R–Pleasant Prairie) aimed at restricting gender transition procedures for minors and codifying free speech protections on University of Wisconsin campuses.
Assembly Bill 400 would allow minors who undergo gender transition procedures to later bring civil action for damages, a move Nedweski says is intended to increase medical accountability. The bill passed on a 53–45 vote, with all Assembly Democrats voting against it.
“For too long, powerful pharmaceutical companies and large-scale medical providers have raked in billions of dollars by pushing scientifically unproven and medically unnecessary gender transition procedures on vulnerable children without meaningful accountability,” Nedweski said following passage of the bill. She pointed to a recent $2 million malpractice verdict in New York involving a detransitioner who underwent a double mastectomy at age 16, describing it as the first successful detransitioner malpractice verdict in the nation.
Nedweski also referenced recent shifts among major medical organizations regarding transition surgeries for minors, saying the legislation represents “a positive step toward bringing that accountability to Wisconsin.”
She criticized Democratic lawmakers for opposing the bill, stating that “medical accountability should not be partisan.”
The Assembly also approved Assembly Bill 501, known as the Campus Free Speech Bill. The legislation would place UW System Regent Policy 4-21 into state statute and establish enforcement mechanisms intended to protect First Amendment rights of students, faculty, and campus visitors.
Nedweski cited a recent survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression indicating that more than one-third of students at UW–Madison believe violence can be an acceptable way to suppress speech. “We cannot allow violence or intimidation to become a normalized substitute for free debate,” she said.
Both AB 400 and AB 501 now head to Gov. Tony Evers for consideration.
In addition to those measures, the Assembly advanced a package of regulatory reform proposals known as the “Red Tape Reset,” which Nedweski co-authored and which supporters say are designed to reduce administrative rules and ease burdens on Wisconsin businesses.
Nedweski represents the 32nd Assembly District, which includes Bloomfield, Bristol, Brighton, Genoa City, portions of Kenosha and Lake Geneva, Paddock Lake, Paris, Pleasant Prairie, Randall, Salem Lakes, Twin Lakes, and Wheatland.
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3 Responses
Amanda has done a lot of good things. I think it may be time for her to run for a higher office to accomplish even more
So where should she be ???
Let’s hear it !
What office should she run for ?!?
Why ?
Where can she a better influence and introduce legislation more than where she is ?
Do you want her to run for Senate District 11 ?
Stephen Nass is already there.
Or All the way to governor ?
Just where can she go and do more good ?
Oh yeah. Kenosha County Executive !