Arkansas politicians speak out after court upholds transgender treatment ban block

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. –Arkansas politicians are speaking out after the federal appeals court blocked the state from enforcing its ban on children receiving gender reassignment medical care.

Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 8^th United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s earlier ruling temporarily blocking Arkansas ACT 626. The 2021 act, titled “The SAFE Act,” prevented healthcare professionals from providing or referring someone under 18 to “gender transition procedures.”

An October trial will take place to determine if the block, based upon the 14^th Amendment, should be permanent.

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