Hutchinson has backed the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act, also known as Senate Bill 289, which allows healthcare providers to refuse healthcare services to those that “violate” their personal beliefs.
The new regulation also protects medical practitioners and healthcare institutions on their chosen decisions. Arkansas state manager of the Human Rights Campaign called the decision “a blatantly discriminatory attempt to strip LGBTQ people of basic rights,” said in a statement. “Health care should be available to all who need it, not withheld by providers because of hate and fear”.
Hutchinson defended his position on the healthcare legislation which would make it legally possible for the LGBTQ+ community to be discriminated against on the