Judge strikes down Arkansas ban on transition care for minors

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Judge James M. Moody Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas overturned and permanently blocked the law from taking effect Tuesday, writing in his opinion that the law violates the First Amendment and the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th Amendment.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.