Wed Mar 15, 2023 – 1:47 pm EDTWed Mar 15, 2023 – 2:41 pm EDT
LITTLE ROCK (LifeSiteNews) — Arkansas took further action against surgical and chemical “transitioning” of gender-confused minors this week, with the enactment of a new law making it easier for victims of such practices to file lawsuits against the perpetrators.
The Associated Press reports that on Monday, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law SB 199, which empowers anyone who received such “care” as a minor to file malpractice suits against the physician responsible for up to 15 years after their eighteenth birthday, rather than the two-year window afforded most malpractice claims.
The change, which will go into effect this summer, helps account for the fact that transitioners’ initial satisfaction in the short term is often followed by regret for their decision and its physical and psychological consequences over a longer period of time – a fact often exploited in studies of “gender-affirming care” to present the practice as safe and effective by neglecting long-term follow-up with patients.
Arkansas already has a ban on underage transitions, the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act, but it is currently blocked in court. As
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