Newsom’s Transgender Bill Veto Hints At National Ambitions
Veto Of Transgender Bill Hints At National Political Ambitions
View Source | September 23, 2023 10:49 am- Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) vetoed a bill late on Friday evening that would have required judges to consider whether parentsaffirm their child’s gender identity when deciding custody cases, a move that is out of step his liberal history on transgender issues.
- The proposed law, AB 957, initially only proposed that courts must take parental affirmation of gender identity into account, but an amendment was added in June that made affirmation of the child’s gender identity a part of determining the “health, safety, and welfare of the child.”
- Newsom, who is expected to run for president no later than 2028, could use his dissenting position on AB 957 as a way to signal to voters outside of California that he is capable of standing up to his own party on questions about sex and gender.