Updated: Arkansas House Passes Bill to Protect Children From Gender Reassignment Procedures

*Rep. Robin Lundstrum presents H.B. 1570 in the Arkansas House of Representatives.*

On Wednesday the Arkansas House of Representatives passed H.B. 1570, the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act.

This good bill by Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Alan Clark (R – Lonsdale) prohibits sex-reassignment procedures on children in Arkansas.

The bill also prevents funding of sex-reassignment procedures performed on children.

Gender-reassignment surgeries can leave children sterilized and scarred for life.

Medical researchers do not know the long term effects these procedures and therapies can have on kids. That is why many people equate them with experimenting on children.

H.B. 1570 passed the House Public Health Committee by a vote of 12 to 2 on Tuesday afternoon, and it passed the Arkansas House of Representatives by a vote of 70 to 22 on Wednesday afternoon.

The bill now goes to the Arkansas Senate for consideration.

Read H.B. 1570 Here.