Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona Applauds Governor Hobbs’ Executive Order Protecting LGBTQ+ Community
For Immediate Release: June 28, 2023
In response to Governor Hobbs’ announcement of an executive order ensuring gender-affirming care, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona President and CEO Brittany Fonteno released the following statement:
“The LGTBQ+ community has faced some of the most egregious and devastating attacks across the country this legislative session. And at Planned Parenthood Arizona, we know that gender-affirming care is critical to the health, safety, and survival of our trans and non-binary community.
Lawmakers across the country have chosen to disregard medical experts and attack medically-necessary health care, and we applaud Governor Hobbs for her commitment to ensuring Arizonans have access to gender-affirming care and protecting all LGBTQ+ Americans who are forced to cross state lines to receive care.
There is always more work to do, but with today’s Executive Order, Arizonans and Americans know that they can depend on Arizona health care professionals to provide the critical health care under attack in states nationwide.”
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