ACLU of Arkansas has sued the state from deploying a new law scheduled to go into effect this summer that bans gender-affirming medical care to Arkansas trans youth and levies penalities against physicians who attempt deliver such care.
ACLU Sues to Block Arkansas 'Safe Act'
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