{"id":390009,"date":"2021-04-05T18:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T22:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=390009"},"modified":"2021-04-05T18:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T22:28:34","slug":"arkansas-gov-vetos-transgender-treatments-ban-for-minors-calls-it-vast-government-overreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-gov-vetos-transgender-treatments-ban-for-minors-calls-it-vast-government-overreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Gov. Vetos Transgender Treatments Ban For Minors, Calls It \u2018Vast Government Overreach\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farkansas-gov-vetos-transgender-treatments-ban-for-minors-calls-it-vast-government-overreach%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=390009&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-350.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) announced that he had vetoed a bill on Monday that would have blocked minors from receiving gender-reassignment surgeries and hormone treatments, calling the proposal \u201cvast government overreach.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The legislation, which passed 28-7 last week, would have prevented doctors from prescribing hormones and puberty blockers to, or from performing reassignment surgery on, minors as a treatment for gender dysphoria, a condition characterized by significant \u201cpsychological distress that results from incongruence between one\u2019s sex assigned at birth and one\u2019s gender identity,\u201d as defined by the American Psychiatric Association.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t shy away from the battle when it is necessary and defensible, but the most recent action of the general assembly, while well-intended, is off-course and I must veto,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Jt7PxWkVbE\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> Hutchinson in a press conference announcing the veto on Monday afternoon.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Under the proposal, doctors also would have been prohibited from giving minors referrals for gender reassignment surgeries and reassignment hormone treatments. Arkansas already doesn\u2019t allow gender transition surgeries for any minors, according to the governor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill, argued Hutchinson, would\u2019ve created \u201cnew standards of legislative interference with physicians and parents as they deal with some of the most complex and sensitive matters involving young people.\u201d Hutchinson said such minors should have \u201cthe guiding hand of their parents and of the health-care professionals that their family has chosen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHouse bill 1570 would put the state as the definitive oracle of medical care, overriding parents, patients and healthcare experts,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile in some instances the state must act to protect life, the state should not presume to jump into the middle of every medical, human and ethical issue. This would be, and is, a vast government overreach.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hutchinson added: \u201cHouse bill 1570 is opposed by the leading Arkansas associations, and the concern expressed is that denying best medical care to transgender youth can lead to significant harm to the young person from suicidal tendencies and social isolation to increased drug use.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also noted that the proposal does not contain a grandfather clause, which he said would mean anyone currently receiving gender-reassignment treatments would have to stop.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn other words, the young people who are currently under a doctor\u2019s care will be without treatment when this law goes into effect. That means they will be looking to the black market, or go out of state, if they can afford it, to find the treatment that they want and need,\u201d said the governor, who noted he would have supported a law just focused on surgical interventions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hutchinson previously signed a law prohibiting biological males from competing in women\u2019s sports at the high school and collegiate level, a policy that he reiterated his support for on Monday. \u201cI\u2019m a fan of women\u2019s sports, and I think it undermined women\u2019s sports to have biological males to compete in girls sports in high school or college,\u201d said the governor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-arkansas-bans-transgender-females-from-womens-sports\">Arkansas Bans Transgender Athletes From Women\u2019s Sports<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) announced that he had vetoed a bill on Monday that would have blocked minors from receiving gender-reassignment surgeries and hormone treatments, calling the proposal \u201cvast &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311702,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-350.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Arkansas Gov. 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