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increase font size With veto override, Arkansas becomes first state to ban transgender youth treatment Opponents of the measure have vowed to sue to block the ban before it takes effect this summer. By ANDREW DeMILLOAssociated Press Share Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson vetoed legislation to ban gender confirming treatments for transgender youth, but the Legislature overrode the veto on Tuesday. Tommy Metthe/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor’s objections. The Republican-controlled House and Senate voted to override Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto of the measure, which prohibits doctors from providing gender confirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to anyone under 18 years old, or from referring them to other providers for the treatment.

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