Arkansas flag flying high beside the Arkansas state Capitol, front exterior, in Little Rock, Arkansas. | Getty Images
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law banning the use of experimental drugs and gender-transition surgeries on minors, which was set to take effect next week in the state. The law, called the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, was adopted earlier this year in the southern state after lawmakers overrode Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto of the bill. Hutchinson, a Republican, said in April that the measure was “
extreme” and “
overbroad” and that it could not be defended on limited government grounds. The law was scheduled to be enacted on July 28.
Arkansas flag flying high beside the Arkansas state Capitol, front exterior, in Little Rock, Arkansas. | Getty Images
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law banning the use of experimental drugs and gender-transition surgeries on minors, which was set to take effect next week in the state. The law, called the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, was adopted earlier this year in the southern state after lawmakers overrode Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto of the bill. Hutchinson, a Republican, said in April that the measure was “
extreme” and “
overbroad” and that it could not be defended on limited government grounds. The law was scheduled to be enacted on July 28.
The New York Times has become the highest-profile media organization to leave Apple News, saying the tech giant s service was not helping achieve the newspaper s subscription and business goals. The daily s exit comes as news organizations around the world struggle with declining print readership and an online environment where ad revenue is dominated by Google and Facebook. | JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images
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Designers of emojis have rolled out new images for consideration, designs that include a âPregnant Maleâ and âPregnant Personâ in an attempt to be more inclusive and represent so-called trans pregnancies.
The website Emojipedia released its latest draft list of emojis containing new pictograms, including variations created to depict pregnant women who identify as men or nonbinary that it says will be available in mid-2022, If approved in September 2021.
According to the Unicode Consortium â a nonprofit organization that oversees emoji standards across digital devices â new pictograms will be added in September following an approval process. The images will be available on other platforms in subsequent months, People.com reported Monday.Â
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