Families challenge North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children
1 year, 3 months ago

Families challenge North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Families and a pediatrician are challenging North Dakota’s law criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors, the latest lawsuit in many states with similar bans. State lawmakers “have outlawed essential health care for these kids simply and exclusively because they are transgender,” Gender Justice attorney and North Dakota state director Christina Sambor told reporters. They have made it a criminal offense for doctors to provide health care that can literally save children’s lives.” The bill that enacted the ban passed overwhelmingly earlier this year in North Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature. The law exempts minors who were already receiving gender-affirming care, and allows for treatment of “a minor born with a medically verifiable genetic disorder of sex development.” But the grandfather clause has led providers “to not even risk it, because that vague law doesn’t give them enough detail of exactly what they can and cannot do” — an element of the suit, Gender Justice Senior Staff Attorney Brittany Stewart said. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley told The Associated Press he hadn’t seen the lawsuit’s filing, but his office “will evaluate it and take the appropriate course.” Bill sponsor and Republican state Rep. Bill Tveit told the AP that he brought the legislation to protect children.

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Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors
1 week, 5 days ago

Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

— A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors will remain temporarily blocked, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after justices unanimously agreed with a lower court judge who found the law likely violates the state’s constitutional right to privacy. “In upholding the district court’s flawed decision to temporarily block a duly enacted law, the Supreme Court put …

"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"
2 weeks ago

"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"

Salon  

The Supreme Court last week appeared likely to support a contentious Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors after more than two hours of oral argument in one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights in the nation's history. "We think it would be sufficient for the Court to recognize that a law that on its face says you …

Activists worry that Trump will bulldoze trans rights. Here's how they're preparing
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Activists worry that Trump will bulldoze trans rights. Here's how they're preparing

NPR  

Activists worry that Trump will bulldoze trans rights. toggle caption GROUND Media/GROUND Media "Many in our community, particularly trans people and their families, are filled with anxiety and fear about what a second Trump presidency could bring," says Ash Lazarus Orr, with Advocates for Trans Equality. Sponsor Message Another proposal during Trump's first term — which intended to strip "sex …

Supreme Court signals it will uphold 'state-sanctioned discrimination' in transgender care
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court signals it will uphold 'state-sanctioned discrimination' in transgender care

Raw Story  

Attorneys who argued against Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming healthcare at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed hope that the court's nine justices will take "the opportunity to affirm the essential freedom and equality of all people before the law," while reports indicated that the right-wing majority is inclined to uphold the ban. "We ask the Supreme Court to commit …

Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court’s conservative majority expressed skepticism about a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth during oral arguments on Wednesday, in what experts say is the most important transgender rights case the court has ever heard. The law is meant to encourage minors to “appreciate their sex” and prohibits doctors from prescribing …

U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to state ban on gender-affirming care
2 weeks, 6 days ago

U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to state ban on gender-affirming care

Raw Story  

by Chris Lefkow The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday hears a challenge to a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors, a case with repercussions for similar state prohibitions across the country. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, in a brief with the Supreme Court, said the state law is intended to "protect minors from the life-altering risks of …

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors

Associated Press  

Follow live updates and analysis on the Supreme Court’s hearing on a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer warned a decision favorable to Tennessee also could be used to justify nationwide restrictions on transgender healthcare for minors. The Biden administration and the families and health care providers …

Conservatives appear skeptical of challenge to Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Conservatives appear skeptical of challenge to Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors

Politico  

Opponents of the Tennessee law framed their arguments around Gorsuch’s 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, contending that denying certain medicines to adolescents based on their sex amounted to discrimination and required strong justification from state officials. With the court’s three liberals all appearing to support the plaintiffs challenging the Tennessee law, Gorsuch’s vote alone would not be enough …

States that have passed laws restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth
54 years, 11 months ago

States that have passed laws restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

CNN  

CNN — Twenty-six states have passed bans on gender-affirming health care for transgender children and teenagers, according to a CNN analysis of data from the Movement Advancement Project, a nonprofit think tank that advocates for LGBTQ rights. After the first gender-affirming care ban for minors became law in 2021, a flurry of states passed similar measures. While 19 states passed …

Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care
3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments for the most important transgender rights case it has ever reviewed — one that could have significant consequences on the future of lifesaving gender-affirming care for youth in the country. The Tennessee law, Senate Bill 1, encourages minors to “appreciate their sex” by prohibiting puberty blockers or hormone …

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can ban gender-affirming care for trans minors
3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

Salon  

The Supreme Court is set to hear one of the most important trans rights cases in history on Wednesday, with the nation's highest court set to decide whether a state-level ban on gender-affirming care for minors is an unconstitutional form of sex discrimination. In defending its ban, the state of Tennessee has repeatedly cited the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, …

Is the Supreme Court about to let red states ban hormone treatment for transgender teens?
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Is the Supreme Court about to let red states ban hormone treatment for transgender teens?

LA Times  

The conservative Supreme Court is poised to leap into another culture-war battle between red states and blue states, this time involving medical rights of transgender teens and their parents. Biden’s Solicitor Gen. Elizabeth Prelogar told the court “there is broad consensus in the field that adolescents who have reached the early stages of puberty and have experienced gender dysphoria over …

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
3 weeks, 4 days ago

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people. “The stakes are high, of course, for transgender adolescents, but also for the parents who are watching their children suffer, who are just trying to do right by …

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights

CNN  

CNN — Conservative groups have for years sought to reduce the government’s sway over parents’ childrearing choices, particularly when it comes to decisions about school and health care. But the Supreme Court’s upcoming and potentially explosive transgender care case is dividing conservatives, with many of those same groups backing Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, which critics say …

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights

CNN  

CNN — Conservative groups have for years sought to reduce the government’s sway over parents’ childrearing choices, particularly when it comes to decisions about school and health care. But the Supreme Court’s upcoming and potentially explosive transgender care case is dividing conservatives, with many of those same groups backing Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, which critics say …

Missouri ban on gender-affirming care for minors upheld by judge
4 weeks ago

Missouri ban on gender-affirming care for minors upheld by judge

CNN  

CNN — A Missouri judge upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors Monday, a victory for opponents of the practice in a continuing nationwide battle over transgender issues. The 2023 law known as Senate Bill 49 prohibits the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery in people under the age of 18 to treat gender dysphoria, defined …

A Missouri judge says a law banning surgery, medications for transgender minors is constitutional
4 weeks ago

A Missouri judge says a law banning surgery, medications for transgender minors is constitutional

Associated Press  

— A Missouri court on Monday upheld a new state law that bans some gender-affirming health care for minors, a victory for supporters of the ban as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case on the issue next week. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement that Missouri is the “first state in the nation to successfully …

Trans People Prepare For Trump’s Second Term
1 month ago

Trans People Prepare For Trump’s Second Term

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On the night of the election, Red Broadwell was home with his cat in Wilmington, North Carolina, working on his master’s thesis about transness and body horror in film. It sucks that every time there’s an election, I have to ask, ‘What’s going to happen to me and my friends?’” After Trump’s victory, trans people across the …

Minnesota clinics are figuring out how to best care for out-of-state trans patients : NPR
2 months ago

Minnesota clinics are figuring out how to best care for out-of-state trans patients : NPR

NPR  

Minnesota clinics are figuring out how to best care for out-of-state trans patients Doctors and clinics in Minnesota are building up capacity to care for out-of-state trans patients who are traveling for care. SIMMONS-DUFFIN: They feel like they need to spread the knowledge on how to do this because patients from around the region are now flooding into Minnesota, says …

Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming care
2 months ago

Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming care

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The lawsuit announced by Republican …

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban
3 months, 1 week ago

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban

Raw Story  

Two days after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that "every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative" wanted the federal right to abortion care to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, a North Dakota judge became the latest on Thursday to strike down a state-level abortion ban, saying it violated residents' constitutional rights. Meetra Mehdizadeh, a staff attorney at CRR, …

Megyn Kelly has a meltdown over Taylor Swift backing Harris–Walz
3 months, 1 week ago

Megyn Kelly has a meltdown over Taylor Swift backing Harris–Walz

The Independent  

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New Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a school district’s policy Friday that aims to support the privacy of transgender students, ruling that a mother who challenged it failed to show it infringed on a fundamental parenting right. At issue is a policy that states in part that “school personnel should not disclose information that may reveal a …

US appeals court clears way for Florida ban on transgender care for minors
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US appeals court clears way for Florida ban on transgender care for minors

The Independent  

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US appeals court clears way for Florida ban on transgender care for minors
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US appeals court clears way for Florida ban on transgender care for minors

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A federal appeals court Monday cleared the way for Florida to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, blocking a lower court order against the ban while the matter is appealed. Florida’s attorneys had conceded during the district court trial that the state cannot stop someone from pursuing a transgender identity, but said it can regulate medical …

Transgender teens sue New Hampshire over sports ban
4 months ago

Transgender teens sue New Hampshire over sports ban

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Trans teens file lawsuit challenging New Hampshire law banning them from girls’ sports
4 months, 1 week ago

Trans teens file lawsuit challenging New Hampshire law banning them from girls’ sports

Associated Press  

MEREDITH, N.H. — The families of two transgender teens in New Hampshire filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new state law that bans them from playing on girls’ sports teams at their public high schools. The lawsuit claims the New Hampshire law violates constitutional protections and federal laws because the teens are being denied equal educational opportunities and are being …

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

Associated Press  

— A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The state’s high court acknowledged in its ruling that abortion and gender-affirming care “are distinct types of medical …

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

LA Times  

Activists at the Nebraska state Capitol in Lincoln protest a bill last year that combined proposed restriction on abortion and gender-affirming care for people under 19. A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming healthcare for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of …

North Dakota judge will decide whether to throw out a challenge to the state’s abortion ban
5 months ago

North Dakota judge will decide whether to throw out a challenge to the state’s abortion ban

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Attorneys argued Tuesday over whether a North Dakota judge should toss a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban, with the state saying the plaintiffs’ case rests on hypotheticals, and the plaintiffs saying key issues remain to be resolved at a scheduled trial. State District Judge Bruce Romanick said he will rule as quickly as he can, but …

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children. “We conclude the Legislature made a permissible, rational policy choice to limit the types of available medical procedures for children, particularly in light …

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law

LA Times  

LGBTQ+ activists protest the bill banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth at the Texas Capitol in Austin last year. The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children. “We conclude the Legislature made a …

Texas Supreme Court upholds state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court upholds state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

CNN  

CNN — The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday to allow the state’s ban on nearly all gender-affirming care for minors to remain in effect. LGBTQ advocacy groups slammed the ruling Friday, with Lambda Legal — one of the parties involved in the original lawsuit against the bill — saying, “It is impossible to overstate the devastating impact of this ruling.” …

Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case

Salon  

The Supreme Court said Monday it will settle a legal battle over state bans of gender-affirming care in its next session, accepting for review what experts say could be one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights — should the justices take the opportunity to make it so. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support …

Things to know about the gender-affirming care case as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Things to know about the gender-affirming care case as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments on the constitutionality of state bans on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Gender-affirming care includes a range of medical and mental health services to support a person’s gender identity, including when it’s different from the sex they were assigned at birth. The gender-affirming care legislation is a major part …

Judge won’t block North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge won’t block North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota law banning gender-affirming care for children will continue to be enforced pending a court challenge, but any kids whose treatments began before the law took effect in April 2023 can keep getting the care, according to a judge’s ruling released Wednesday. “The longer this law is allowed to remain in effect, the more North …

Arkansas governor says state won’t comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Arkansas governor says state won’t comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students

Associated Press  

Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won’t comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools, joining other Republican-led states that are defying the new rules. The regulation finalized last month seeks to clarify Title IX, a landmark 1972 sex discrimination law originally passed to address women’s rights and …

U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Idaho's Ban On Gender-Affirming Care On Transgender Minors
8 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Idaho's Ban On Gender-Affirming Care On Transgender Minors

Live Law  

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily allowed the US state of Idaho to enforce a ban on gender-affirming treatment for minors, pending further legal proceedings. The law, known as the Vulnerable Child Protection Act, prohibits medical professionals from providing gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries, to individuals under 18 years old. Idaho officials appealed to the U.S. Supreme …

Things to know as courts and legislatures act on transgender kids’ rights
8 months ago

Things to know as courts and legislatures act on transgender kids’ rights

Associated Press  

Three court rulings across the U.S. this week delved into laws restricting the rights of transgender kids, including the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has gotten involved in a ban on gender-affirming care. OHIO JUDGE PUTS STATE LAW ON HOLD On Tuesday, an Ohio judge blocked enforcement of a law that was to take effect on April 24, banning …

Supreme Court Allows Idahos Ban On Transgender Youth Care
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Allows Idahos Ban On Transgender Youth Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. Under the court’s order, the two transgender teens who sued to challenge the law still will be able to obtain care. The law’s backers have said it is necessary to …

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. Lawyers for the teens wrote in court papers that the teens’ “gender dysphoria has been dramatically alleviated as a result of puberty blockers and estrogen therapy.” The American Civil Liberties Union, representing the …

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
8 months, 1 week ago

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion. In rejecting an attempt to have Kansas join at least 24 other states in banning or restricting …

Federal appeals court hears arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors
8 months, 1 week ago

Federal appeals court hears arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — Arguments before a federal appeals court that is considering whether to reinstate Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors focused Thursday on whether it and similar restrictions adopted by two dozen states discriminate on the basis of sex. Judge David Stras, who was appointed to the court by former President Donald Trump, asked attorneys on both …

Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two families of transgender minors filed a constitutional challenge on Tuesday to an Ohio law that severely limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18. We will fight in court to ensure that trans youth and their parents can access critically important, lifesaving healthcare without government intrusion.” DeWine vetoed the law Dec. 29, after touring the state …

Using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care banned by GOP-led Idaho Legislature
9 months ago

Using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care banned by GOP-led Idaho Legislature

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — The GOP-led Idaho Legislature has passed a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid. If the legislation is enacted, Idaho would become at least the 10th state to ban Medicaid funding for gender-affirming care for people of …

Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care
9 months ago

Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care

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Things to know about developments impacting LGBTQ+ rights across the US
9 months, 1 week ago

Things to know about developments impacting LGBTQ+ rights across the US

Associated Press  

A legal settlement in Florida, legislative action in Arkansas and a lawsuit in Georgia this week made waves in an ongoing national battle over the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans. FLORIDA AGREES STUDENTS, TEACHERS CAN SAY ‘GAY’ Florida this week settled a legal challenge to its 2022 law that bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools, a …

Kansas is close to banning gender-affirming care for minors as GOP leaders seek the last vote
9 months, 1 week ago

Kansas is close to banning gender-affirming care for minors as GOP leaders seek the last vote

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators in Kansas are close to banning gender-affirming care for minors over the Democratic governor’s expected veto after winning over previously skeptical GOP colleagues, fueling fears that success will encourage further attempts to roll back transgender rights. Kansas lawmakers attempted to pass a ban last year, but GOP supporters in the Senate failed to override Kelly’s …

Georgia restricted transgender care for youth in 2023. Now Republicans are seeking an outright ban
9 months, 1 week ago

Georgia restricted transgender care for youth in 2023. Now Republicans are seeking an outright ban

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A year ago, Georgia lawmakers said they were striking a balance when they banned most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18, but let doctors continue prescribing puberty blockers and let minors then receiving hormone replacement therapies continue. Watson, a physician, had said last year that allowing the use of puberty blockers was a …

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors allowed to take effect in Indiana
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors allowed to take effect in Indiana

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary injunction a judge issued last year. Hanlon’s order also blocked provisions that would prohibit Indiana doctors from communicating with out-of-state doctors about gender-affirming care for their patients younger than 18. Representatives from Indiana University Health Riley Children’s Hospital, the …

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