Arkansas enacts bill banning transgender students from using bathroom of their choice in public schools

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Arkansas joined several states on Tuesday by enacting a bill into law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom that uses their gender identity.
52% : Arkansas is now the fourth state to enact a "bathroom bill" in public schools.
44% : Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed her name on the piece of legislation, which applies to multi-person restrooms and locker rooms at public schools and charter schools from kindergarten through 12th grade.
40% : Sanders' signing of the bill on Tuesday comes a week after she approved legislation making it easier to sue medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care to minors, and a couple of weeks after she signed a bill that prohibits classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation before 5th grade.

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