The Arkansas ban on care for trans kids was so deplorable it was even rejected by the state’s Republican governor. Thursday, the 8th District Court of Appeals ruled it was discriminatory. (via The ReidOut Blog)
. But the move, part of the GOP’s political assault on trans people, was overruled by a panel of judges on Thursday.
The ruling from the 8th District Court of Appeals upholds a judge’s decision last year to temporarily block the measure from going into effect as it made its way through the courts. “Because the minor’s sex at birth determines whether or not the minor can receive certain types of medical care under the law, Act 626 discriminates on the basis of sex,” the court’s ruling Thursday said,It’s a blow to Arkansas conservatives and to conservatives elsewhere who’ve been feverishly pushing their state legislatures to enact similarly oppressive bans on gender-affirming care. This obsession with trans youth is part of the GOP’s anti-LGBTQ crusade.
The Arkansas ban on care for trans kids was so deplorable it was even rejected by the state’s Republican governor. The GOP-led Legislature laterIt was a marked difference from right-wing governors like Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas, who’ve both been rabid in their attempts to impose restrictions on gender-affirming health care.
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