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ACLU Sues to Block Arkansas 'Safe Act'

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich
Published May 27, 2021 at 11:53 AM CDT
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Arkansas plaintiffs, 15-year old Dylan Brandt, and his mother Joanna, claim not having access to gender affirming medical care will be devastating.
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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.

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Jacqueline Froelich
Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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