Maricopa County voters decide today on an $898 million bond for Valleywise Health. What supporters are not telling you: Valleywise Health embraces harmful gender ideology, including the use of hormones to suppress and change the biological sex characteristics of adults.
The organization boasts a perfect score from the Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index, a recognition that requires deep institutional commitment to LGBT initiatives. Minutes from a Valleywise Governing Council meeting in March 2023 list “growth in gender affirming care” as a future priority.
Proposition 409 specifically cites their community centers, which house these programs, for expansion under this bond.
There are no safeguards against expanding services that directly harm adults and children. There are no guardrails to prevent this expansion. There are no clauses to protect taxpayers from funding harmful practices.
Giving Valleywise $898 million to build new facilities frees up its other resources to hire more staff and expand its most controversial programs.
These experimental practices do not solve mental health crises but instead create lifelong medical patients dependent on hormones that leave them sterile and physically damaged.
Following the 2024 Cass Review, the UK shut down the Tavistock pediatric gender clinic. Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark have all restricted pediatric gender interventions, citing concerning risks and insufficient evidence of benefits.
Proposition 409 forces Maricopa County taxpayers to fund the expansion of facilities for an organization that offers transgender services.
For more information, see our Five Minutes for Families on this topic here.
Action Needed:
- Vote NO on Proposition 409 today. Polls are open until 7:00 PM.
- Share this alert with family, friends, and neighbors in Maricopa County who have not yet voted.
- Pray for wisdom among voters and an end to harmful gender ideology.
Vote NO on Prop 409.