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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has vetoed #HB1570. The bill would have been the first law to ban gender-affirming medical care for youth.
“...the state should not presume to jump into the middle of every medical, human and ethical issue,” Hutchinson said. 19thnews.org/2021/04/arkans…
“...the state should not presume to jump into the middle of every medical, human and ethical issue,” Hutchinson said. 19thnews.org/2021/04/arkans…
Gov. Hutchinson added that the state wanted to send a message of “tolerance and diversity.”
Hutchinson, who due to term limits cannot run for governor again, penned a transgender sports ban into law in March. bit.ly/2R859ue
Hutchinson, who due to term limits cannot run for governor again, penned a transgender sports ban into law in March. bit.ly/2R859ue
#HB1570 is not dead. A simple majority vote can override the veto, a fact Hutchinson acknowledged on Monday.
The @ACLU has vowed to sue if the legislature overrides the veto. bit.ly/2R859ue
The @ACLU has vowed to sue if the legislature overrides the veto. bit.ly/2R859ue
Yesterday 13 brave Arkansans gave testimony against #HB1570, which denies gender affirming care to trans kids.
Among them were pediatricians, reverends, social workers, parents, psychiatrists, and activists.
This thread contains a few moments from their testimonies 1/
Among them were pediatricians, reverends, social workers, parents, psychiatrists, and activists.
This thread contains a few moments from their testimonies 1/
A trans man living in Little Rock: "Those of you supporting this bill are the ones experimenting with the lives of young trans people. Trans people have always been here, we will always be here, you will not erase us. " 2/
A father of a trans kid reads a suicide note from a trans Arkansan who died in 2015. "The state does not belong in my families medical decisions."
