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Arkansas Lawmakers Vote To Override Governor's Veto On Transgender Child Medical Ban

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Arkansas has become the first state to ban doctors from administering gender transition treatment to children. The measure went into law Tuesday afternoon when state lawmakers overrode Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson's veto of the bill.

On Tuesday morning, pediatrician Aaron Strong spoke with Here & Now's Robin Young about medical issues facing transgender children and the effort in Arkansas to ban doctors from administering gender transition treatment.

This segment aired on April 6, 2021.

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