LINCOLN- Governor Pillen received two callers during his monthly radio call-in show that asked about the Governor's support for the controversial gender-affirming care ban. The bill has advanced to final-round consideration, but it has also spawned a nearly session-long string of filibusters by Omaha Sens. Machaela Cavanaugh and Megan Hunt.

One caller from Fort Calhoun asked how many people the bill (LB574) really affects. “One kid makes a big difference,” Pillen said. “So the transgender bill, from my seat, is very, very simple. It’s important that children can decide when they get to the adequate age.” Pillen added that he cannot sit down and have a beer with his 18-year-old son “because it’s not in the best interest of the child.”

“That’s the same thing with the therapy,” he said, referring to gender-affirming treatments or surgeries. Two other callers supported Pillen’s stance on Legislative Bill 574, with one caller referring to gender-affirming care as “child abuse.” Other callers were concerned with communist Chinese police stations in Nebraska, which Pillen said he would not be giving any time to.

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