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A full circuit court has upheld an Arkansas law that prohibits medical professionals from performing body-deforming sex-change procedures on minors.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday to uphold the Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, or Act 626, reversing a lower court decision and remanding the case for further proceedings.

Circuit Judge Duane Benton, a George W. Bush appointee, authored the majority opinion, writing that “the Act does not discriminate on the basis of sex” and that the law “regulates a class of procedures, not people.”

“The Act is rationally related to the state’s legitimate interest in protecting the well-being of minors,” wrote Benton. “It does not violate this Nation’s historical concept of ordered liberty fo

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