Current Events > Youngkin vetoes bill that banned insurance from denying PrEP from gay people.

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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/gop-governor-vetoes-bill-seeking-to-protect-prep-users-from-insurance-discrimination/

Virginias anti-LGBTQ+ Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed a bill seeking to ban health and life insurance companies from discriminating against people taking the HIV prevention drug regemin PrEP.

H.B. 2769 amends the current insurance anti-discrimination law by explicitly stating a company cannot Refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure, or limit the amount or extent of life insurance or accident and sickness insurance coverage available to an individual or charge an individual a different rate for the same coverage based solely and without any additional actuarial risks upon the status of such individual as having received pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus

Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly have Democratic majorities. The bill passed the state Senate 24-15 and the House of Delegates 53 to 44. The veto was one of 157 bills the governor vetoed on Monday as part of what the Virginia Mercury called his veto storm to drown progressive legislation.

He also vetoed a bill that would have incrementally raised the minimum wage to $15 per hour and one that sought to expand voter turnout by making state and local elections at the same time as the presidential primary during election years.

Youngkin did, however, sign a landmark campaign finance reform bill that passed with bipartisan support. H.B. 2165 bans personal use of campaign funds.

Youngkin has supported numerous policies attacking LGBTQ+ students under the guise of so-called parents rights in education. His policies for trans youth in schools include the forced misgendering or deadnaming of kids who dont have parents permission, allowing youth to opt-out of being near trans kids in gendered spaces, and forced outing of trans kids to their parents.

In an October 2021 interview with the Associated Press, Youngkin said he didnt personally support same-sex marriage. In 2024, however, he signed a bill codifying same-sex marriage in the Commonwealth.

Goes hand-in-glove with old school "AIDS is God's punishment!" bullshit

I wanna punch my fist through Youngkins.

Virginia really got what they voted for with this chuckle fuck...

Really fucking over Virginians on the way out.

mystic_belmont posted...

Really fucking over Virginians on the way out.

That's been the game plan the whole time, wouldn't want to rock the boat by changing course this late.

"Don't worry guys, he's just a parent who has grave concerns about CRT in schools!"

(literally the first thing he did was order the police to monitor women's periods)

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No, they'd have to be reintroduced, go back through committee, approval, etc and then be sent to whoever takes over after Youngkin.

Ideally, it should be simple but politics is never ideal or simple

sfcalimari posted...

"Don't worry guys, he's just a parent who has grave concerns about CRT in schools!"

Yeah, it was dumb as fuck that he won running on that kind of bullshit. I hope Virginia learned their lesson.

Who was that shitty troll who kept pretending that Youngkin was a good Republican, and that he was going to write him in as President?

Abigail Spanberger might win the governor election running regime type numbers, 80-20 margins.