Robin Opsahl for the Iowa Capitol Dispatch:
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a measure Friday to remove protections from discrimination on the basis of gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.
The new law makes Iowa the first state in the nation to remove civil rights protections from a group of individuals designated with a protected status in state code.
That bears repeating: “The new law makes Iowa the first state in the nation to remove civil rights protections from a group of individuals designated with a protected status in state code.”
The legislators who voted for this know it’s not about protecting women and girls. They know it’s not about only enshrining immutable characteristics. They know it’s not to allow common-sense solutions or align with civil rights protections at the federal level.
We all know it’s because cruelty remains the point.