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Speaking with State Senator Julie Daniels,
and you just had a very important bill

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to the governor and one to you
and probably the other bilks too as well,

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just signed into law by the governor. Tell us about it. That's

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correct. This is the bill that
will ban gender reassignment procedures and treatments in

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miners under the age of eighteen.
This issue is one of national interest,

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very much of interest to Oklahoma's I
know, walking around Bartle's bill doing errands

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on Saturday, I was stopped by
a handful of people saying thank you for

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getting that bill passed, so I
know other people have been watching it carefully.

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It was a team effort. I
appreciate the eleven authors in the Senate

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who allowed me to combine different parts
of their bills into this one, and

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to the House for cooperating with me. On a minimum, a child should

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not be making adult decisions as a
child, and I believe that a good

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number of parents will breathe a sigh
of relief that we are stepping in to

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say we must be watchful, and
we must wait, and we must use

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the best available mental health and behavioral
services for these young people. Because it

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is my firm belief reading about the
cases where there is a lot of regret

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and physical consequences to individuals who do
this when they are very young, that

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we stand a good chance of resolving
some of the distress of these children by

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the age of eighteen, so that
they then do not proceed to go through

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these irreversible life changing decisions with mental
and physical consequences as a result, some

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level of maturity is needed, and
of course, in Oklahoma, children or

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individuals can make their own healthcare decisions
at the age of eighteen. I know

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eighteen is not truly as mature as
we would like, but that is in

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keeping with the rest of our laws. I cannot imagine the distress to both

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child and the families going through and
walking through these issues. And this bill

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is intended to give time because in
many cases we find out that the identity

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as transgender, the gender non conforming, or the gender or the gender dysphoria

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may have something else at the route
of those feelings, and if you can

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be successful in working that out,
you could save many people from making these

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rife changing decisions. I know their
opposition to the bill, but it is

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absolutely meant tom as a protection,
not a condemnation of anyone. This is

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simply give these kids and families time
and mental healthcare providers time to work through

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as many of these issues as possible.