How Republican Arkansas Governor decided to veto bill aimed at transgender healthcare
Hutchinson says he consulted doctors across the state before coming to his decision and said sometimes you have to step back and ask is this the role of the state. Author: Rudy Williams Updated: 10:30 PM CDT April 5, 2021
ARKANSAS, USA Award winning a tress Laverne Cox is heralded for her work as an LBTQ-plus advocate. There have been a plethora of bills introduced in state legislatures all over the country targeting children, targeting transgender children, said Cox.
A trans woman herself, Cox join other activists to try and stop Arkansas controversial legislation that would, among other things, deny gender affirming surgeries, and access to healthcare, like hormone treatment for transgender youth.
Arkansas Passes First Ban on Gender Surgery for Transgender Minors in U.S. After Overriding Governor s Veto
On 4/6/21 at 3:47 PM EDT
Arkansas passed the nation s first ban on gender surgery for transgender minors after the Arkansas Senate and House voted to override the governor s veto on Tuesday.
Lawmakers voted to reverse the governor s decision a day after Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson unexpectedly broke party lines. The bill also prohibits doctors from providing gender-confirming hormone treatment or puberty blockers to anyone under age 18.
Hutchinson issued a veto on the ban on Monday, calling the legislation a vast government overreach. He said the bill, which had already passed the state Senate and House once, would interfere with physicians and parents as they deal with some of the most complex and sensitive matters involving young people.
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Updated: 9:31 AM EDT April 6, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced Monday that he has vetoed a proposed ban on healthcare treatments for transgender youth in the state.
The bill, House Bill 1570, bans gender confirming treatments for minors and passed the state Senate last week.
The proposed law would make it a felony for healthcare professionals to perform certain gender transition procedures on people under 18.
The majority-Republican Senate voted 28-7 in favor of the legislation. If the bill is enacted it would be the first prohibition of its kind in the country, opponents say.
During the press conference, Hutchinson explained his reasoning behind vetoing House Bill 1570, saying it was a government overreach into a difficult health care question. He also called the proposed law a product of a cultural war in America.