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NH Supreme Court Stays Voter Registration Injunction; Democrats Disappointed

Bill Gnade

Four days after NH Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Kenneth C. Brown granted an injunction to plaintiffs' claims a one-year-old state voter registration law was unconstitutional and unduly burdened voter registration, the NH Supreme Court unanimously stayed that injunction.

Judge Brown's October 21 decision in League of Women Voters, et al. v. William Gardner, et al. effectively nullified Senate Bill 3 (SB3), which was signed into law last year and designed to curb voter fraud. He then directed the Secretary of State William Gardner to conduct November's upcoming election according to November 2016 procedures. The state's elections are handled by the Secretary of State's office.

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Transgender Reassignment Regret? Surgeon Says ‘Yes’, Supports More Research

Bill Gnade

Surgeon and professor Miroslav Djordjevic, a leading expert in "gender reassignment" surgery, told a Canada news outlet that he is seeing an increase in requests for reassignment "reversals", particularly among formerly male patients who had received surgery to become female.

In an interview with National Post, Djordjevic, who has over 20 years experience in genital reconstructive surgery, said that those seeking "reversals", many of whom tend to be over 30 years old, describe "crippling levels of depression" following their reassignment surgery, with some considering suicide.

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