Anti-Trans Youth Bill Even Too Hateful For Arkansas Governor.
The Governor of Arkansas vetoed a bill that specifically targeted trans youth. (CNN)
Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson
“Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters that he killed HB 1570 because the bill “would be and is a vast government overreach” and because it would’ve created “new standards of legislative interference with physicians and parents as they deal with some of the most complex and sensitive matters involving young people.”
The governor called the legislation “a product of the cultural war in America,” adding that his veto comes even though he believed the bill was “well-intended.””
Transgender rights are human rights. In a surprising move the Government of Arkansas decided to come down on the right side of history even if his veto is accompanied with a somewhat tacit endorsement of the line of thought that gave birth to the bill. Now if the Arkansas Legislature comes back and overrules the veto then the state of Arkansas will not be a safe place for trans youth to live. Hopefully the arc of American justice will continue on its inexorable march towards equality.
