told them. “They don’t want to hear it. They put you in jail.”Related: At least four teens have attempted suicide after Arkansas bans trans youth from getting healthcareVideo has been shared online of Attig being dragged out of the legislature last month by officers while defending the rights of transgender minors who, like his son 22-year-old did, need access to gender-affirming medical care.The Arkansas House was holding a hearing on H.B.
1570 on March 9, which banned doctors and other health care professionals from providing gender-affirming health care for transgender minors.The so-called “Arkansas Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act,” will ban gender-affirming care of any kind from being given or even offered for.