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Arkansas sued over its ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender youth Some families say they have moved or may be forced to, if law barring medically necessary care stays in place. Demonstrators protest anti-trans bills outside the Arkansas Capitol – Photo: Sydney Rasch/ACLU of Arkansas. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Arkansas state officials seeking to overturn a recently passed law that bars health care professionals from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of four transgender youths and their parents, as well as two physicians who specialize in treating gender dysphoria, also seeks a preliminary injunction to block the state from attempting to implement the new law. The ban on gender-affirming care also prohibits Medicaid from paying for any transition-related procedures on minors, and allows private insurers to deny coverage for transgender policy holders, 

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