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Idaho
Gov. Brad Little (R) signed into law House Bill 377 on April 28. The statute withholds funds from any public schools that teach critical race theory.
Iowa
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The state legislature sent House File 307 to the governor’s mansion on May 20. It is currently awaiting a signature from Gov. Kim Reynolds (R).
Kentucky
Rep. Joseph M. Fischer (R) on June 1 prefiled BR 60, a measure that would withhold $5,000 in funding per day for schools that teach that “one s race inherently qualifies them as racist.” The legislation has yet to be introduced to the General Assembly.
Louisiana
Rep. Raymond E. Garofalo (R) introduced House Bill 564 on April 12. The bill aims to ban the teaching of “divisive concepts” related to race and sex in public schools. Garofalo “voluntarily defer[ed]” the bill on April 27.
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Opponents were geared up for battle last year. But the pandemic shut down the legislature.
Now all of the bills crafted by opponents of Rhode Island s Reproductive Privacy Act have been reintroduced and queued up for a House Judiciary hearing on Friday, same time, same place as the annual fight over death with dignity legislation.
Introduced several times before but never passed, the legislation would insulate a physician from any civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action for prescribing medication to be self-administered by a patient to hasten death.
Those against abortion tend to oppose assisted suicide under any circumstances, while those who believe in individuals right to make their own health-care decisions take the other side.
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