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Does anyone actually believe that there are parents who force transgender treatments on children who don't seem to want them? What is being "protected" here? It's not like there is any doctor who will prescribe treatments without a thorough examination of the minor for signs of true gender dysphoria?

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The irony is that the only cases where children are forced to be a gender they don't identify with and forced to endure the irreversible effects of a puberty they don't want nor asked for are when parents or the state prevent trans kids from transitioning.

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Arkansas's position is contrary to "parental rights"....... which of course is a guise anyway to create deliberate barriers preventing teenagers from accessing birth control and abortion.

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And a lot of other rights too.

But, people are fighting back

since Huckabee Sanders became governor with her

draconian laws.

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Here we go again - lawyers and judges arguing about well-documented medical procedures. These people just won't quit until transexuals and their families are driven deep underground in order to carry on with PRIVATE medical decisions and attention.

Get those "re-education" and "conversion therapy" camps staffed and up and running, coz "freedom" is coming for you.

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Perhaps I am being too conspiratorial or cynical, but I can't help but fear that the reason "justices could be waiting to see what happens in other circuits before acting on the petitions" is that the majority wants more cover before endorsing transphobia.

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