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ACLU of Arkansas Statement on Governor Hutchinson Signing Health Care Refusal Bill
March 26, 2021 3:45 pm
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The ACLU of Arkansas issued the following statement regarding the Governor Hutchinson signing Senate Bill 289 into law.
“There is no sugarcoating this: this bill is another brazen attempt to create it easier to discriminate against people and contradict Arkansans the health concern services they need,” said Holly Dickson, ACLU of Arkansas executive director. “Religious liberty is a fundamental right, but it is not an excuse to discriminate against people or deny them health nurture. As Governor Hutchinson himself recognized when he opposed nearly identical legislation in 2017, discrimination is not an Arkansas value – no matter how politicians try to disguise it. Discrimination on the basis of sex – including on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity – is a violation of federal regulation, and so we’ll be watching and working to ensure no Arkansan is denied life-saving health services because of who they are.”
This release is online here: https://www.acluarkansas.org/en/press-releases/aclu-arkansas-statement-governor-hutchinson-signing-health-care-refusa
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME – GREETINGS:
E.O. 24-06: EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PROTECT ARKANSAS STUDENTS, WOMEN, AND GIRLS
WHEREAS: Title IX was signed into law in 1972 and contained a succinct 37 words;
WHEREAS: Title IX was passed to shield women, not harm them;
WHEREAS: The Biden administration is attempting to unilaterally rewrite federal law to advance its radical gender ideology against women and girls;
WHEREAS: On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education released its final rule, in a document with a staggering 459,804 words, “reinterpreting” Title IX;
WHEREAS: The new Title IX rule will unilaterally expand the long-standing prohibition based on “sex” discrimination to include “gender identity”;
WHEREAS: The Biden administration redefines “sex” to fit its possess absurd political ideology—not science—and imposes it on women, girls, and children;
WHEREAS: The Government should celebrate sex differences between men and women – not erase them. See Executive Order 23-30 to Eliminate Woke, Anti-Women Words from State Government and Respect Women, signed Oc
BREAKING: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Signs Anti-Trans Sports Bill
by Wyatt Ronan •
Today, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed Senate Bill 354, an anti-transgender bill that bans gender diverse women and girls from participating in sports (including extracurricular and school sports at the elementary, middle, high college and collegiate level) consistent with their gender identity. Governor Hutchinson becomes only the second governor to sign anti-transgender legislation this session, after two conservative governors rejected similar legislation in Utah and South Dakota.
The legislative fight to pass discriminatory anti-transgender legislation has been fast and furious, led by national groups aiming to stymie LGBTQ progress made on the national level and in many states. There are so far 174 anti-LGBTQ bills under consideration in state legislatures across the nation. Of those, 95 directly target trans people and about half of those would, like SB 354, ban gender diverse girls from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity. Governors and legislators across the country have failed to provide examples of issues in their states to attempt to justify
ACLU of Arkansas Statement on Signing of SB199 Into Law
Arkansas infamously passed the first law in the nation to try to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth in 2021. After hearing extensive evidence presented by four transsexual youth and their families challenging Arkansas’ HB1570, the courts blocked that exclude as unconstitutional. This week, Arkansas passed SB199, which is its first piece of anti-LGBTQ legislation from the 2023 Arkansas legislative session.
SB199 imposes severe consequences aimed solely at healthcare professionals who provide life-saving and life-changing care to transgender youth.SB199 is an effort to achieve indirectly what the Constitution prohibits the state from doing directly. This law is not based on science or evidence, and it is a direct assault on the fundamental rights, health, and well-being of Arkansas’ youth and those who care for them.
We offered the Governor and lawmakers the opportunity to hear from trans youth in Arkansas and those who care for them because they are the experts and have compelling, critical information on how this law harms Arkansans. Unfortunately, Governor Sanders chose not to hear from those most affected by this
Arkansas governor vetoes bill that would disallow gender-confirming treatments for transgender youth
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson vetoed a bill Monday that would own banned gender-confirming treatments for transgender youths in the state.
During a news conference with reporters, the Republican governor said the intentions behind the state legislature's "Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act" were "well-intended but off course."
The behave bars doctors from providing gender-affirming health care to trans minors, including hormones, puberty blockers and transition-related surgeries.
Hutchinson said that he had an issue with the bill that would affect patients who are currently taking treatments and how it would affect the mental health of the state's youth.
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LGTBQ rights activists, medical professionals and other groups protested the bills because it wa