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Republican US governor vetoes bill banning gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth

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Asa Hutchinson, the governor of Arkansas, has vetoed a bill which would have stopped anyone under the age of 18 getting gender-affirming healthcare involving gender affirmation surgery or medication in the southern state.

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