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Arkansas became the first state to ban health care for transgender youth

Drew Angerer / GettyArkansas became the first state in America to ban the provision of gender-based treatments and surgeries for transgender youth. The state legislature voted Tuesday to repeal Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto yesterday on Parliament’s 1570 bill, which bans transitional care for minors by banning doctors from providing gender-based hormonal treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to people under 18. years of age or refer them to them. to other treatment providers. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Vetos Anti-Trans Teen Healthcare Bill Opponents of HB 1570, including the ACLU, have already said they will appeal the bill in court before it becomes law this summer. The House of Arkansas voted 71 to 24 to overturn Hutchinson’s veto, and the Senate voted 25-8 to do so. In a statement, Chase Strandgio, deputy director of transgender justice in the ACLU’s LGBTQ and HIV project, said: “The Arkansas legislature has ignored dozens of local doctors and national medical experts, as well as trans youth and their parents. This bill will drive families, doctors and businesses out of the country and send a terrifying and heartbreaking message to transgender young people who watch in fear. Gender-promoting care is life-saving care and the prohibition that care will have devastating and in some cases deadly consequences. Trans Youth in Arkansas: We will continue to fight for you. ACLU prepares litigation as we speak. ACLU supporters across the country have spoken out against the bill. We will always have your back and we will be relentless in our defense of your rights. Sam Brinton, Trevor’s vice president of advocacy and government affairs, said: “Governor Hutchinson listened to the trans youth and their doctors, I was clearly not the state legislator. We knew that this repeal could happen, but it is still devastating, because we also know that it can have deadly consequences. “It is not extreme or sensational to say that this group of young people who are already experiencing disproportionate levels of violence and suicide attempts will be at significantly increased risk of self-harm due to legislation such as HB 1570, which pushes them further towards marginalized at a news conference on Monday, Hutchinson explained his veto. “I was told this week that the nation was looking to Arkansas because I had another bill on my desk passed by the General Assembly that was a product of the American cultural war. I do not avoid battle when it is necessary and defensible. But the latest actions of the General Assembly, although well planned, are off course. And I have to veto Bill 1570. “Bill 1570 will put the state as the ultimate oracle of medical care, which is paramount to parents, patients and health professionals,” Hutchinson continued. “While in some cases the state must act to protect life, it should not assume that it is in the middle of every medical, human and ethical problem. This would be and is a huge excess of government. “Hutchinson has already signed Senate Bill 354 into law on March 25, preventing trans girls and women from playing school sports that are gender-responsive. Hutchinson recently signed a law allowing doctors to refuse to treat someone because of religious or moral objections, a law whose opponents believe it will be used to deny patients with LGBTQ. There are currently more than 170 anti-LGBTQ bills in state legislatures, many of which focus on teenagers’ access to sports and receiving adequate medical care. Tennessee and Mississippi have already passed laws against trans girls’ participation in youth sports, while Gov. Christie Noem has signed executive orders to do the same in South Dakota after the state legislature eventually failed to pass a bill to that effect. Read more on The Daily Beast. Get our best stories in your inbox every day. Register now! Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside delves into the stories that matter to you. Find out more.