Why Should Tax Dollars Fund puberty Blockers to Children?

 The liberty principle for this Freedom Friday concerns U.S. tax dollars being used to fund puberty blockers for children. The Freedom Caucus comprises Republicans in Pennsylvania’s legislature, and it has blocked – at least temporally – a bill funneling taxpayer dollars going to Penn State University to prescribe puberty blockers to children.

In an article authored by Mary Margaret Olohan and published in The Daily Signal, Republican state Representative David Rowe made the following statement: 

The Pennsylvania Freedom caucus made it clear at the beginning of the budget process that we would lead the opposition to taxpayer funding of Penn State if any policy that endangers the health and welfare of our children remained in place….

The Democrats’ failure to reach the two-thirds majority required for final passage shows that we have broad support for our effort to protect Pennsylvania’s children, and we look forward to continuing the dialogue with Penn State to see these harmful policies abolished.

Olohan explained that the bill “is not dead” yet. If revived, it would provide more than $259 million to Penn State University. However, the bill received only “81 votes on its second consideration” and “will not be able to progress to its final passage yet” because it requires two-thirds of the votes for funding.