Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a declared candidate for the 2024 GOP nomination, indicated that he thinks transgender procedures on minors should be allowed so long as a parent consents.
While governor of New Jersey, a sometimes-swing state that leans heavily blue, Christie signed into law a measure allowing self-identifying transgender minors to use the bathroom that accords with their professed gender identity. That bill came amid a national discussion of transgender people using opposite-sex bathrooms, particularly biological males using female bathrooms.
Now, a litany of states have passed laws restricting access to transgender procedures for minors as the country has seen a sharp uptick in the number of youths identifying as the opposite gender….