A law proposed in Arkansas seeks to allow minors or their representatives to file a civil action lawsuit against healthcare professionals who performed “gender transition” procedures on them.
Senate Bill 199, sponsored by Republican Senator Gary Stubblefield, received endorsement from a Senate panel on Monday. “A healthcare professional who performs a gender transition procedure on a minor is liable to the minor if the minor is injured, including without limitation any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological injury, by the gender transition procedure, related treatment, or the after effects of the gender transition procedure or related treatment,” SB199 (pdf) states.
