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ARKANSAS, April 8, 2021 (Family Research Council) – Arkansas just did something historic: It’s become the first state in the nation to enact the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. This much-maligned bill does three things: It protects minors from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and/or masculinization or feminization surgery (all of which have permanent, life-long effects) until they are adults and can make adult decisions. It prohibits taxpayer or insurance mandates to pay for such procedures on minors. And it provides legal remedies for people who, as minors, have been permanently disfigured and/or sterilized by these procedures.
On Monday, Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) followed in the footsteps of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) and vetoed this carefully-crafted bill to protect minors from the ravages of the gender identity revolution. In a rambling and logically disjointed statement, Hutchinson claimed that the SAFE Act would harm both Arkansas youth and Arkansas’s public image. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson invited the governor onto his show last night to defend his veto. The result
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