Nora Moeckli (an alias)

Dear Judiciary Committee Members: I am the mother of a transgender woman and I am also a physician. While I know that my own child would never harm another person, whatever their gender, I am writing to strongly support this bill to protect individuals that were assigned female at birth (AFAB). I have not worked in over 17 years, but I used to work the the urgent care and ER settings. As such, I would suggest that you really only need to take care of one patient that has been assaulted to be firmly opposed to increasing the risk of it happening to anyone. It is a horrific, life-changing experience and should be treated as such. While I deeply appreciate the right of transgender women to be affirmed and supported in their journey, there are exactly zero scenarios where placing individuals AFAB in situations that increase the likelihood that they will be sexually assaulted is appropriate. Zero. Others will likely testify to this point, but a quick internet search reveals many women who have been assaulted in just such spaces as this bill is seeking to protect. The question is not: do we let biological males into female spaces? knowing full well that there are individuals who will abuse that privilege and do horrific acts. Let's be clear: submitting people to fear and potentially real physical harm is never the responsible answer. The question is how do you have spaces that will support the growing and important transgender population in a sensitive way. As others will likely point out, many biological women have already been the victim of having more open policies. These women are sisters, wives, and mothers. Please do the right thing and protect them. Thank you, NM