Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed an executive order prohibiting the use of what she refers to as “woke” and “anti-women” words within the state government. In her announcement, Sanders claims certain words are “nonsense words to erase women and…
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care for Transgender Youth
A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth Tuesday, nearly two years after blocking it from going into effect. Act 626 of 2021, known as the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act, prohibited physicians…
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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Arkansas Times Lawsuit
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe U.S. Supreme Court announced this week that it would not hear Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip, a case challenging an Arkansas law that prohibits public contractors from engaging in boycotts of Israel. Arkansas’ Act 710 requires government contractors to…
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Federal Court Blocks Arkansas Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
by Mak Millardby Mak MillardThe 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction on Thursday blocking the enforcement of an Arkansas law that would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody had previously blocked enforcement of the law,…
U.S. District Judge Jay Moody on Wednesday temporarily blocked the enforcement of Arkansas’ ban on gender-confirming treatments for transgender youth, paving the way for the continuation of a lawsuit challenging it. The law was set to be instated on July…
by Stephen Houserman In 1996, President Bill Clinton famously said abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare.” Back then, Americans were skeptical (and still are today) of elective abortions and the consequences they have on our society. Arkansas is a…