The Arkansas State Legislature on Tuesday voted to override Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson’s veto on legislation that bans gender reassignment surgeries and other treatments for “transgender” youths.
The HILL The majority-Republican state House voted 72 to 25 to approve the controversial bill before sending the legislation back to the state Senate, which rejected the governor’s veto of the bill in a 25-8 vote, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Both chambers required a simple majority to override the veto.
Under the bill, physicians are banned from giving gender confirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to those younger than 18. The legislation also restricts doctors from giving recommendations to other providers for these treatments.
His refusal to sign the bill restricting treatment for transgender youth came after he signed a different piece of legislation last monthpreventing transgender women and girls (aka biological males) from participating on K-12 and collegiate-level sports teams aligned with their gender identity.
The American Civil Liberties Union has promised to file a lawsuit preventing the law from being enforced, with ACLU of Arkansas Executive Director Holly Dickson saying the legislators “disregarded widespread, overwhelming, and bipartisan opposition to this bill and continued their discriminatory crusade against trans youth.”
The Arkansas State Legislature’s overwhelming approval for the bill comes as lawmakers in several other states have proposed and advocated for bills that would limit transgender access, including in health care and sports teams.
The Arkansas-based group Family Council called the legislature’s move “the right decision.”
“This is really good news. Gender-reassignment surgeries can leave children sterilized and scarred for life. Medical researchers do not know the long-term effects these procedures and therapies can have on kids. That is why many people equate them with experimenting on children.
This good legislation will protect Arkansas’ children from sex-reassignment procedures.
We appreciate their leadership, their moral courage, and their resolve to do what is right. This is historic legislation. Arkansans ought to be proud of their leaders for doing the right thing by passing the SAFE Act into law.”
Sheikh Yer Weenie says
Okay, I think it’s time for an admission. My youngest daughter, in open adoption down South, is currently “gender confused”, as I like to put it. I love KM, but I refuse to be party to this trans-nonsense by changing her name or her pronouns, etc. She will always be my *daughter* (and her mother’s), and BTW she is a beautiful GIRL, soon to be a young WOMAN. BTW, I think they teach this “trans” s***t in the public schools. As-salamu alaykum!
Sheikh Yer Weenie says
Obviously, Gov, Hutchinson needs to be impeached and a real Republican installed. There are only two genders! Per my comment above, I feel incredibly strongly about this issue. It currently looks like KM will never have children due to this “trans” madness. This old man deserves a grandchild! However, As-salamu alaykum.
BareNakedIslam says
Can you get her out of that school and put her in a Catholic or private school? They are poisoning her mind in public school.
In some places, you could be brought up on charges for not catering to ‘trans” fantasies.
Linda Rivera says
Thank God for the kind, compassionate, caring ethical politicians of Arkansas.
They are CHILDREN.
Nothing is more important than protecting children.
The Arkansas governor is EVIL. He talks about being a person of faith. Faith in who? Certainly not faith in the HOLY ONE, our Glorious, Awesome, Majestic Creator.
The governor is a Very Scary person.
Politicians, doctors, clinics, parents, schools, etc. who would harm children in this vicious, evil, violent, satanic way are extremely dangerous and are capable of anything.
MuhahahahahahahahahaMAD says
Is Chaz’s beard, sideburns and ‘stache for real? Or just paste-ons? I’ll bet chaz’s equipment is pneumatic in nature.
BareNakedIslam says
It’s real. Don’t know what kind of equipment it has.
Liz says
Hey ”Chaz”, this is for you!
bill says
I think a or the central question is, WHY, are there so many more ‘gender dysphoria’ cases now than just several years ago? It’s not ‘organic’. The dominate left culture enables and pushes it, and the public education system is OK with it. Part of the satanic marxist agenda, pervert or destroy ALL norms and traditions, then rebuild; children be damned. The BLM organization, for one, embraces this in a huge way.
Consider why SO much is changing SO fast—-End times?
Steve S says
Well, once you become the age of legal majority, you can then have gender reassignment surgery (i.e. a sex change operation.) Really, that sort of thing should be reserved for consenting adults, and they shouldn’t be pushing this on young children.
If a person can’t legally consent to having sex before a certain age, then that person can’t consent to having a sex change operation either.
MuhahahahahahahahahaMAD says
Well stated.
ME Infidel says
Good for the state legislature in AZ. The gutless, woke ME legislature wouldn’t think of rejecting such a proposal.
Az gal says
Wow. The Clinton state. A Republican governor vetoed this? The legislature overrode? Well, Arkansas IS Christian conservative. So, not really surprised. We need some pushback to this madness.
Pray Hard says
I listened to the governor’s whinging, excusing response on NPR. It was truly sickening. He might be a “republican”, but he’s no conservative or Christian.
Az gal says
Another RINO, I guess.