As the room lights darken a goblin wearing fine clothes (for a goblin) emerges into full view; a repeal draft, in his hand:
Repeal "Affordable Transgender Hormone Therapy"
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Noting that Affordable Transgender Hormone Therapy (GAR #467) was duly passed into law by the "Yes" vote of a majority of World Assembly nations;
Further noting that GAR #467 has been in effect for some time, allowing Member Nations to fully experience the fruits of the law;
Recognizing that, having been duly passed and enacted by Member States, at least some of the positive effects of GAR #467 will remain even if the law is repealed;
Reaffirming the many facts about the experience of transgender and gender non-binary people eloquently set forth in GAR #467;
Agreeing that it is appropriate for "all member-states to legalize hormone therapy for all consenting individuals;"
HOWEVER
1. Recalling that GAR #467 requires "all member-states to have an affordable, easy-to-access way for its transgender population to access hormone therapy;"
(a) Convinced that such a mandate goes beyond GAR #467's purpose in recognizing a civil right by unduly imposing substantial socialized care obligations on member states and their populations;
(b) Concerned that the ambiguous wording of this requirement has caused some nations to believe that they must actually provide hormone therapy within their nation, while other nations believe that providing a "way... to access" the therapy (such as through 'government-assisted relocation' to a more sympathetic country where therapy is actually provided) would be acceptable;
2. Recalling that GAR #467 forbids "any member-state from denying a transgender person access to hormone therapy as a punishment or as part of a punishment for a crime;" (emphasis added)
(a) Noting at once that while there is nothing inherently criminal about being transgendered or gender non-binary, people in those groups commit crimes just like people in any other group;
(b) Aware that many member nations have criminal justice systems that impose financial fines and incarceration as a consequence of criminal misdeeds;
(c) Recognizing that the imposition of a fine or imprisonment could result in a person effectively being denied access to hormone therapy, if the terms of incarceration renders them physically unable to receive the treatment, or if the amount of the fine renders them unable to afford it, or both;
(d) Noting that, at present, many individuals require the supervision of a physician or other qualified health care professional to safely receive hormone therapy;
(e) Recognizing that some individuals being punished for a crime may be too dangerous and unstable for a physician to safely supervise their hormone therapy regimen;
(f) Believing that while forbidding member nations from intentionally denying hormone therapy treatment as a punishment could have been appropriate, GAR #467 overreaches by restricting the degree of many lawful and acceptable criminal justice practices simply because "as a part of" those punishments a person would be physically or financially unable to access hormone therapy;
3. Seeing these flaws in GAR #467, and recognizing that less-ambiguous and more-reasonable regulations are possible, the General Assembly hereby:
REPEALS GAR #467, "Affordable Transgender Hormone Therapy."