Federal Court Says Arkansas Can Enforce the SAFE Act

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

On Tuesday a three-judge panel from the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision letting Arkansas enforce its 2021 Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act.

Family Council President Jerry Cox released a statement saying, “This is amazing news. The SAFE Act is a good law that protects children from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries. It has been blocked in court for the past four years. Now the State of Arkansas can finally enforce this good law protecting children. That’s something to celebrate.”

Cox called the SAFE Act a common sense measure that protects children. “Over the past four years, public health experts in the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, Finland, and other nations have found that science simply does not support performing these procedures on kids. The SAFE Act is common sense legislation that protects children. That’s why the Arkansas Legislature voted overwhelmingly to pass it in 2021. That’s why more than half the states in America have passed similar laws since then. And that’s why the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a similar law in Tennessee earlier this year. Most people agree it is not right to perform sex-change procedures on kids.”

Cox praised the Arkansas Legislature and the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office for supporting the SAFE Act. “The Arkansas Legislature did the right thing by passing the SAFE Act in 2021, and the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office has worked tirelessly to defend it in court ever since. Arkansans should be proud that we have elected officials who are so deeply committed to protecting children.”

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Lawmakers, Hospitals Move to Protect Children from Sex-Change Procedures

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Policymakers, public health officials, and hospitals continue to take steps to protect children from sex-change procedures.

Media outlets report that last week New Hampshire enacted two bills protecting children from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and certain sex-change surgeries. To date, most states in America — including Arkansas — have adopted similar protections. In June the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law protecting children from these procedures, drugs, and hormones.

Hospitals in other states reportedly have stopped performing sex-change procedures and no longer prescribe puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children thanks to new policies from the Trump Administration.

In Italy, news outlets say policymakers are considering measures to protect children from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries as well.

Over the past five years, it has become clear that the medical “consensus” regarding transgender procedures on children has been largely manufactured by pro-LGBT activists.

Men and women have come forward with chilling testimony about how they were rushed through gender-transitions as children.

Public health experts in the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, Finland, and other nations have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids.

Last month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures, and the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had issued subpoenas to doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors.

In 2021, Arkansas became the first state in the nation to pass a law protecting children from gender transition procedures.

Arkansas’ Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act prohibits doctors from performing sex-change surgeries or giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors. Unfortunately, the law has been challenged in court—but Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin continues to defend it, and we are confident our federal courts will uphold it as constitutional.

Protecting children from sex-change procedures isn’t just good policy—it’s common sense.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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FTC Launches Federal Probe Into “Gender-Affirming Care” for Minors

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On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether doctors and clinics may be deceiving parents and children about the risks of so-called “gender-affirming care.”

The FTC is asking for public comments on whether minors and families have been misled by false or unsubstantiated claims about the supposed benefits and safety of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change procedures. The inquiry will help the FTC determine whether these practices violate federal law.

The commission says the public will have until September 26 to submit comments at Regulations.gov.

This move by the FTC is significant.

On July 9, the FTC hosted a workshop highlighting the dangers of so-called “gender-affirming care” for children, and the U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed doctors and hospitals that performed sex-change procedures on children. All of this shows that concerns about deception in the transgender medical industry are finally being taken seriously at the federal level.

In recent years, men and women have come forward with chilling testimony about how they were rushed through gender-transition as children, and experts have revealed how the medical “consensus” in support of performing transgender procedures on children was largely manufactured by pro-LGBT organizations.

The U.K., Sweden, Finland, and other nations have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids.

In 2021, Arkansas became the first state in the nation to pass a law protecting children from gender transition procedures.

Arkansas’ Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act prohibits doctors from performing sex-change surgeries or giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors. Unfortunately, the law has been challenged in court—but Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin continues to defend it.

A federal investigation is long overdue. Protecting children from deceptive and harmful medical practices isn’t just good policy—it’s common sense.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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