The Arkansas legislature recently passed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act, which prohibits minors from receiving hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries related to a gender transition. Moreover, any healthcare provider who offers these services would face penalties.
The Republican Governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, viewed the bill as “vast government overreach," arguing that it would interfere with medical care between physicians, parents, and patients. He vetoed it.
"The bill is overbroad, extreme and does not grandfather those young people who are currently under hormone treatment,” Hutchinson added. “The young people who are currently under a doctor’s care will be without treatment when this law goes into effect."
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