Arkansas AG determined to fight against judge’s block on law protecting minors from trans procedures.

Arkansas Attorney General Vows to Appeal Ruling on Ban of Sex-Change Procedures for Minors

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is determined to fight back after a federal judge’s recent ruling that deemed the state’s ban on sex-change procedures for minors as unconstitutional. Griffin, a former Republican congressman and lieutenant governor, expressed his disappointment with the decision and vowed to protect children from what he considers dangerous medical experimentation under the guise of “gender transition.”

“I am disappointed in the decision that prevents our state from protecting our children against dangerous medical experimentation under the moniker of ‘gender transition.’ Unfortunately, Judge Moody misses what is widely understood across the United States and in the United Kingdom and European countries: There is no scientific evidence that any child will benefit from these procedures, while the consequences are harmful and often permanent. I will continue fighting as long as it takes to stop providers from sterilizing children,” Griffin said in a statement.

Griffin plans to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit. The case will be randomly assigned to a panel of three judges on the court, with the majority of them having been appointed by Republican presidents. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody, who made the ruling, was appointed by former President Barack Obama.

Moody justified his decision by stating that the ban would harm children’s mental health. However, this contradicts the findings of many medical journals that warn of the dangers of such treatments and provide little evidence of benefits to minors, as highlighted in a recent hearing in the House Subcommittee on Health.

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The banned surgeries include double mastectomies on girls who identify as boys and other irreversible genital procedures. As more states have implemented bans on transgender procedures for minors, leftist activists and groups like the ACLU have resorted to legal challenges to block the laws.

Federal judges in Indiana and Florida have already blocked the full implementation of their respective laws, while Alabama’s law has been partially blocked. Furthermore, President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Tennessee over its law aimed at protecting children from life-altering procedures.

Contributor:

Anthony Cash