California Legislators Add Iowa to Travel Blacklist

California Legislators Add Iowa to Travel Blacklist
A street sign on the corner of Iowa and 3rd in Sioux City, Iowa on Jan. 30, 2016. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Brad Jones
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The California government has blacklisted state-funded travel to Iowa after the Hawkeye State passed a law to prevent taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries in that state.

In May, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the legislation, House File 766, blocking Medicaid-funded gender transition surgeries, two months after the state Supreme Court ruled these surgeries could be covered under its Civil Rights Act.
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