By Peter Montgomery | April 6, 2021 12:49 pm
Right-wing pundit and conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec. (Photo of April 10, 2018 appearance at National Press Club by Jared Holt for Right Wing Watch)
Religious-right groups slammed conservative Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson for vetoing a bill that would make it illegal for transgender minors to receive gender-affirming medical care. It would have been, as Reuters noted, “the first in the country to prevent doctors from providing gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth.”
The ACLU’s Chase Strangio called it “the single most extreme anti-trans law to ever pass through a state legislature.” But similar bills are part of a wave of anti-trans legislation at the state level. “Republican lawmakers in at least 17 other states have introduced similar bans on medical treatments for transgender minors, despite opposition from major pediatric and psychiatric organizations,” according to the Washington Post.
Arkansas governor vetoes bill banning medical treatments for transgender youth
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Alabama may soon make this transgender teen s medical treatment illegal
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Note: This story contains a description of the death of an infant.
This article is co-published by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. New Mexico In Depth is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network.
It was morning shift change at Lovelace Women’s Hospital in Albuquerque. In the neonatal intensive care unit, the lights were dimmed, as usual. People spoke in hushed tones typical of the NICU. But an arriving clinician knew immediately that something had gone wrong.
A “crash cart” carrying resuscitation equipment was positioned next to a newborn incubator, the enclosed cribs that keep preterm babies warm. Nurses stood nearby with grim expressions.