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ACLU of Arkansas has joined families with transgender children and doctors in filing the promised lawsuit today against Arkansas’s new law to
prohibit gender-affirming care for transgender children.
The case was filed in federal court in Little Rock. The law had no emergency clause and doesn’t take effect until the end of July. The suit seeks an injunction against it taking effect.
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The plaintiffs include four transgender children and their parents and two doctors who say the law prevents them from providing medically necessary care or even referring children to others. The law also prevents the use of state money (such as Medicaid) or private insurance coverage for this health care to people under 18. Defendants are Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, who’ll relish the spot as a backer of anti-transgender legislation, and the director and members of the state Medical Board. This is the legislation vetoed by Governor Hutchinson as overbroad (though he
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Closing Thought–09Apr21
How so?
The state could ban health care for some of its citizens.
It’s been a difficult week for transgender people in Arkansas, and Lisa Stuart is finding it hard to stay hopeful.
Last week, the state’s Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, signed two anti-LGBTQ+ bills within 48 hours of each other: a proposal banning trans girls from playing women’s sports in school and another allowing doctors to turn away LGBTQ+ patients. The Arkansas legislature followed up the enactment of those laws on Monday by passing House Bill 1570, a bill that criminalizes gender-affirming care for transgender youth. It’s now one signature away from being the first law ever of its kind.