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<v 0>I was told this week that the nation is looking at Arkansas.</v>

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<v 1>Because I.</v>

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<v 0>Have on my desk, a, another bill passed by the general assembly.</v>

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That is a product of the cultural war in America.

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I don't shy away from the battle when it is necessary and defensible,

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but the most recent action of the general assembly while well intended is off

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course. And I must veto house bill 1570.

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If house bill 1570 becomes law.

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Then we are creating new standards of legislative interference

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with physicians and parents as they deal with some of the most

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complex and sensitive matters involving young people.

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It is undisputed that the population of minors who

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struggle with gender incongruity or gender dysphoria is an

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extreme minority, but while they are a minority,

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they deserve the guiding hand of their parents and of the healthcare

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professionals that their family has chosen.