Just 24 hours ago we reported live on Queer News Tonight we reported Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson vetoed the first and worst anti trans bill in history. Unfortunately we report that since that report the Arkansas General Assembly voted to override his veto and implement the proposal into law. Holly Dickson of the ACLU said “Today Arkansas legislators disregarded widespread, overwhelming, and bipartisan opposition to this bill and continued their discriminatory crusade against trans youth. As Governor Hutchinson noted in his veto message, denying care to trans youth can lead to harmful and life-threatening consequences.” The so-called “Arkansas Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act,” will ban gender-affirming care of any kind from being given or even offered for consideration to trans youth. That includes surgery (which trans youth rarely undergo before the age of 18), hormone therapy, and reversible puberty blockers. Organizations or facilities providing gender-affirming care can lose state funding, state-operated health insurance can no longer cover such care, and doctors that continue to provide such care will risk losing their license by doing so.
Arkansas legislature override governor’s veto to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth
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