Transgender activist Raquel Willis speaks out on "the problem with trying to police people's bodies"

Activists are criticizing the Arkansas Republican-controlled state legislature after it overrode Governor Asa Hutchinson's veto on a law that makes it a criminal offense for medical professionals to provide transgender minors with transition treatments such as hormone blockers or gender-affirming surgeries. The move comes a day after Hutchinson, a Republican, called the legislation a "vast government overreach." 

The historic, but controversial law, which also prohibits physicians from referring minors to other professionals for such care, comes amid a sweeping number of anti-trans bills in states, including banning transgender student-athletes from competing in sports aligned with their gender identity. Activist and cultural organizer Raquel Willis said these pieces of legislation are demoralizing. "I think that we have to really have a conversation around the problem with trying to police people's bodies," Willis told CBSN. "This is not only going to affect trans youth but everyone because in some states these pieces of legislation build registries to police the bodies of all athletes."