Feminist News Digest | Week of April 5-April 9

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POLITICS | ELECTION
Charges Dropped Against GA Representative Who Protested Anti-Voter Law [[link removed]]
A district attorney in Atlanta announced that charges against Democratic Georgia state representative Park Cannon will be dropped. Rep. Cannon, a Black woman, was arrested on March 25th when she knocked on the door to Governor Brian Kemp’s office after he signed a new anti-voter bill into law and was speaking on live television.


LGBTQ
Arkansas Governor Vetoes Anti-Trans Legislation [[link removed]]
On Monday afternoon, Governor Asa Hutchinson vetoed legislation that would have made Arkansas the first state to ban gender-affirming health care treatment for transgender youth.


LGBTQ
Arkansas Legislature Overrides Veto on Trans Youth Health Care Bill [[link removed]]
The Arkansas General Assembly voted to override Governor Asa Hutchinson’s veto on the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, a bill that will prohibit transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming health care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, among other services.



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