LINCOLN- The political action committee founded by former Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster, formally titled the Nebraska First PAC, recently emphasized new polling data from March in the hopes of persuading lawmakers to pass LB574, a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for Nebraskans under 19 and that was up for debate on Tuesday.

A spokesman with the Nebraska First PAC said the organization wanted Nebraskans to know that over three-fourths of respondents supported outlawing gender-reassignment surgeries for minors. A narrower 61% of those that responded supported the broader bill, which would ban hormone therapy and puberty blockers as well. Advocates have described the bill, which was introduced by Sen. Kathleen Kauth, as unnecessary and particularly cruel for trans Nebraskans.

Despite this, supporters of the bill stated that LB574 will protect children from making life-changing decisions that they may later regret, and similar bills are being introduced nationwide. The results from the Nebraska First poll also indicated that a majority of Nebraskans support restricting which locker rooms and bathrooms trans youth can use. A portion of respondents also stated that they want to see restrictions on the sports teams trans youth can play on, which is the subject of another Kauth-introduced bill, LB575.

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