Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>— <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/States" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>States</span></a> cannot <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prosecute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prosecute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/legalconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalconduct</span></a>, and even if you accept their argument that the act is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a>, they can't <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prosecute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prosecute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/committed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>committed</span></a> in other <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>states</span></a>.</p><p>I included the transphobia hashtag because these same arguments are being rehashed to target taking trans kids to other states for perfectly legal healthcare.</p>