Arkansas outlaws gender-affirming treatment for trans youth

Arkansas on Tuesday became the first state in the US to prohibit physicians from providing gender-affirming treatment for trans people under age 18, after the state's General Assembly voted to override the governor's veto of an anti-trans bill that he called a "vast government overreach", CNN reports.

The state's Republican-controlled House voted to override Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson's veto of HB 1570 Tuesday afternoon, with the Republican-controlled Senate doing the same shortly after.