Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Thursday evening signed a sweeping anti-transgender bill into law.
The ACLU says the legislation is “illegal.” In a statement denouncing the new law the Human Rights Campaign says it “bans transgender women and girls from participating in sports (including extracurricular and school sports at the elementary, middle, high school and collegiate level) consistent with their gender identity.” Governor Hutchinson, who is term limited and cannot run again next year, may be weighing a White House run, some have suggested. “I have studied the law and heard from hundreds of constituents on this issue,” Hutchinson said in a statement. “I signed the law as a fan of women’s sports from basketball to soccer