Gender Identity & Safety

In recent years, several states have enacted laws imposing civil penalties and criminal bans targeting pregnant people, transgender individuals, and the LGBTQ+ community. These laws do not address community safety needs, and instead threaten the health, rights, and safety of all through invasive surveillance, a delay or denial of life-saving care, and a misallocation of police and city resources, to name a few. Local governments and police departments should deprioritize enforcement of these morality laws and instead consult with affected communities, advocates, and healthcare providers to mitigate any harmful effects and safeguard the rights and safety of all.

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Do Not Investigate: Anti-Abortion, Anti-Trans,
and Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws

New Morality Laws Harm Communities; Police Should Deprioritize Enforcement

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Enforcement of anti-abortion, anti-trans, and anti-LGBTQ+ laws would divert finite police resources away from serious and violent crimes that communities care about—all while doing nothing to keep the public safe.

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of transgender respondents had been verbally harassed

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states that have criminalized virtually all abortions

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Substantial and effective change in our collective approach to public safety can only be driven by community voice.

Aftab Pureval Mayor of Cincinnati

“Our Supreme Court, Congress and state legislature have failed us. Local officials must do whatever we can to protect the women of our communities. It is not my job to make it easier for the state legislature and governor to drag women back to the ‘50s and strip their rights, it’s my job to make that harder.”

Emergency Physician on knowing whether a patient experiencing pregnancy loss is close enough to death that a court would agree that abortion is not a crime

“There’s just no moment where I’m standing in front of a critically ill patient where I know: OK, before their health was just in danger. But now, their life is in danger.”

Police Spokesperson, Asheville, North Carolina on enforcing North Carolina’s notorious 2016 anti-trans bathroom ordinance, HB2

“We’re not checking birth certificates. We just don’t have the police power to be able to do that in the bathrooms.”

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