Tucker Carlson and Asa Hutchinson engaged in a heated debate Tuesday night
It came after Arkansas Republican legislature voted to override the governor s veto of a bill banning gender confirming treatments for transgender youth
Hutchinson said he opposed the bill because it s over-broad and extreme This is the first law in the nation that invokes the state between medical decisions, parents who consent to that and the decision of the patient, he said
He said supporting the bill would have violated his conservative commitment to limited role of government
Carlson asserted that Hutchinson betrayed conservative values by coming out as pro-choice on the question of chemical castration of children
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth, though lawmakers could enact the restriction over his objections.
The Republican governor rejected legislation that would have prohibited 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.
“If (the bill) becomes law, then we are creating new standards of legislative interference with physicians and parents as they deal with some of the most complex and sensitive matters involving young people,” Hutchinson said at a news conference.
Updated: 7:50 PM EDT April 6, 2021
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 GOP 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.
Opponents of the measure have vowed to sue to block the ban before it takes effect this summer.
Hutchinson vetoed the bill Monday following pleas from pediatricians, social workers and the parents of transgender youth who said the measure would harm a community already at risk for depression and suicide. The ban was opposed by several medical and child welfare groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Arkansas becomes first US state to ban treatment and surgery for transgender children
Lawmakers voted to override a late veto by the governor after he said the measures went too far
7 April 2021 • 3:42pm
Opponents have vowed to sue the state in an attempt to stop the ban before it takes effect this summer
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Arkansas has become the first US state to ban puberty blocking treatments and surgery for transgender children after lawmakers voted to override a late veto by the governor.
The Republican-controlled House and Senate voted to enact measures which prohibit 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.