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Tuesday, April 5th, 2022

Flurry of New Laws Move Blue and Red States Further Apart

Author:     Shawn Hubler and Jill Cowan
Source:     The New York Times
Publication Date:     April 3, 2022
 Link: Flurry of New Laws Move Blue and Red States Further Apart
Stephan:   Apparently, The New York Times is beginning to recognize The Great Schism Trend I have been covering in SR for more than a decade. I predict this is going to cause a growing number of people and families to move to Blue states which offer a higher quality of life than can be found in the Red states.
Violet Augustine’s plan to move from Texas to California with her trans daughter solidified when Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas and the Texas attorney general directed the state to investigate parents with transgender children for possible child abuse.Credit: Shelby Tauber / The New York Times

SACRAMENTO — After the governor of Texas ordered state agencies to investigate parents for child abuse if they provide certain medical treatments to their transgender children, California lawmakers proposed a law making the state a refuge for transgender youths and their families.

When Idaho proposed a ban on abortions that empowers relatives to sue anyone who helps terminate a pregnancy after six weeks, nearby Oregon approved $15 million to help cover the abortion expenses of patients from out-of-state.

As Republican activists aggressively pursue conservative social policies in state legislatures across the country, liberal states are taking defensive actions. Spurred by a U.S. Supreme Court that is expected to soon upend an array of longstanding rights, including the constitutional right to abortion, left-leaning lawmakers from Washington to 

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