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Poppy Noor

‘I am a substantial roadblock’: a Nebraska state senator’s filibuster for trans rights

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Machaela Cavanaugh hugs supporters after a bill seeking to ban abortion in Nebraska after about six weeks fails to advance. Photograph: Larry Robinson/AP

When state senator Machaela Cavanaugh set out to block every bill brought by the Nebraskan legislature this session, it was kind of an accident.

She was so incensed by the advancement of LB 547, a bill looking to block gender-affirming healthcare for young people in Nebraska, she promised to hold up every single bill the legislature brought – including those she agreed with – unless her colleagues agreed to drop it.

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