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The National Nurses Union has condemned the Arkansas law banning gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth, and other laws like it.
Nurses stand with the large community of LGBTQI and other human rights and medical professionals who are horrified at efforts to block access to healthcare for transgender youth," said the National Nurses Union president, Jean Ross.
Related: Arkansas is first state to ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth
Related: Trans kids on the Republican bills targeting them: 'I'm not a problem to society'
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