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25 Mar, 5 tweets, 1 min read
⚠️ ARKANSAS IS ABOUT TO BAN TRANS PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING HEALTH CARE ⚠️
This would be the first bill of its kind to pass in any state, ever.

It will completely bar gender-affirming health care for trans youth and bar public insurance coverage for trans people of ANY AGE.

Yes, you read that right.
Every major medical association supports this health care.

Banning trans kids from getting this treatment, which could force some youth to go through their endogenous puberty, would cause unspeakable and irreversible harms.
Those harms can be life-threatening. Denying gender-affirming care has been shown to contribute to depression, social isolation, self-hatred, suicidal ideation, and more.

Medical decisions belong to trans youth, their parents, and their doctor. Not the government.
If we are loud about this, we could get Governor Hutchinson to veto the bill.

DEFEND TRANS LIVES. ACT NOW. action.aclu.org/send-message/a…

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