Op-Ed: Don’t make a difficult situation even worse; Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky urges Kentucky Senators to vote ‘no’ on HB7
These days Kentuckians are paying more for a lot of things… gas and grocery costs are skyrocketing. Families are carefully budgeting their expenses to make sure their paychecks stretch as far as possible. But even with sacrifices, many Kentuckians will have to make tough decisions between fuel and food… filling up or feeding their kids. Add in an unplanned trip to the doctor’s office and families could end up in crisis.
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky urges Kentucky Senators to vote “no” on this HB7.
Foundation opposes bill that would risk thousands of Kentuckians losing health care coverage and food assistance
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky believes having access to health care and food, especially healthy food, is vital for the health of Kentuckians. Access to healthy food is an upstream way to combat chronic health problems such as diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure, among others.
Op-Ed: Lawmakers should ban discredited, ineffective, cruel therapy that increases suicide among youth
t’s a therapy that is discredited, ineffective, and often cruel, that can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, and even suicide. Yet, this practice – known as conversion or reparative therapy – still exists in the commonwealth today with a goal of changing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Now, Kentucky lawmakers have an opportunity to protect our next generation from these degrading practices. Two bills have been introduced – the Youth Mental Health Protection Act, HB 12 by Representative Lisa Willner, and SB 137 by Senator Alice Forgy Kerr. Both bills would bar licensed mental health professionals – including physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers – from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts for people under 18-years old.