West Heisen wrote:I urge nations to vote against this resolution. While it is understandable that this motion aims to ensure legal access to hormone therapy, I take issue with the 'affordable' part. What defines affordable? Furthermore, if it is not affordable in a country, it would fall upon the government to make it so. This would use important tax money on something which is a private decision; citizens should not be forced to pay for another's gender identity.
(OOC: ‘Affordable’ is a common English word used in the traditional sense; as such, there is no need to define it in the proposal. Hormone therapy is affordable if the majority of the transgender populace can afford without excessive difficulty. If it is not affordable, it could fall on the tax-payer to make it so, but not necessarily. The government could merely mandate that businesses don’t raise their prices above a certain point.)