Iowa judge rules transgender women deserve surgery coverage
6 years, 9 months ago

Iowa judge rules transgender women deserve surgery coverage

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa cannot deny two transgender women Medicaid coverage for sex reassignment surgery, a state court judge ruled Thursday, declaring a policy denying their care violates the Iowa Constitution and its civil rights law. Gamble said the language of the Iowa regulation was adopted in 1995 for the purpose of denying coverage for sex reassignment surgery after federal appellate court rulings that such procedures should be covered. Although the Iowa agency has 30 days to appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court, Gamble’s ruling allows the women to proceed with seeking Medicaid coverage for surgeries without further delay, said Rita Bettis, legal director for the Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, which represented the women in the lawsuit. “This is the first court decision under the Iowa Civil Rights Act finding that this type of discrimination violates the state civil rights act protections against discrimination on the basis of gender identity.” Keenan Crow, director of policy and advocacy for One Iowa, a statewide organization for LGBTQ — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning — said his group has seen first-hand how “powerful, lifesaving and essential this kind of care can be to transgender Iowans.” The decision will quite literally save lives, he said.

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Appeals court blocks Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 week ago

Appeals court blocks Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked from being enforced, a three-judge panel of appellate judges ruled Tuesday. On Tuesday, the state 10th District Court of Appeals reversed a lower court judge’s decision last summer to allow the law to go into effect, after finding it “reasonably limits parents’ rights.” …

Hundreds protest as Legislature votes to remove gender identity from Iowa Civil Rights Act
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Hundreds protest as Legislature votes to remove gender identity from Iowa Civil Rights Act

Raw Story  

The Iowa House and Senate, working simultaneously Thursday, passed a bill removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The Senate voted 33-15 and the House 60-36 in favor of Senate File 418, a bill that would amend parts of Iowa Code providing protections against discrimination in areas like employment, housing, public accommodations and education, to no longer include …

Iowa’s governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Iowa’s governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code

LA Times  

Iowa state Rep. Aime Wichtendahl was the final Democrat to speak before the vote, wiping away tears as she offered her personal story as a transgender woman, saying: “I transitioned to save my life.” Iowa became the first state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. In fact, it’s necessary to secure genuine …

Iowa Becomes First State To Remove Transgender Civil Rights Protections
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Iowa Becomes First State To Remove Transgender Civil Rights Protections

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Transgender and nonbinary Iowans are longer be protected from discrimination in housing, education and employment after Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill that removes gender identity as a protected class in Iowa’s civil rights code. Iowa on Friday became the first state to remove nondiscrimination protections based on gender identity, rolling back nearly two decades of …

Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state's civil rights code
1 month ago

Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state's civil rights code

Hindustan Times  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Several protesters were arrested Monday at the Iowa state Capitol, where shouts of “trans rights are human rights” reverberated throughout the building as Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity. Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state's civil …

Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state’s civil rights code
1 month ago

Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state’s civil rights code

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Several protesters were arrested Monday at the Iowa state Capitol, where shouts of “trans rights are human rights” reverberated throughout the building as Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity. Iowa’s civil rights law protects against discrimination in employment, wages, public accommodations, housing, education …

Judge blocks federal prison system from moving three transgender women to men’s prisons
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge blocks federal prison system from moving three transgender women to men’s prisons

CNN  

CNN — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its anti-trans prison policy against three transgender women currently housed in women’s facilities at federal prisons. Tuesday’s ruling from US District Judge Royce Lamberth represents another legal setback for a divisive executive order issued by President Donald Trump on his first day in office. Among other things, the …

A trial is underway on North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for kids
1 month, 3 weeks ago

A trial is underway on North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for kids

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A trial in a lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors began Monday, more than a year after families of transgender children and a doctor filed the suit that argued the law violates the state’s constitution. The judge later said the law does not apply to any minors who were …

Montana Supreme Court blocks ban on gender-affirming care for minors
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Montana Supreme Court blocks ban on gender-affirming care for minors

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 Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. — A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for …

Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
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3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on transgender health care ban: Conservatives skeptical
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on transgender health care ban: Conservatives skeptical

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard the most high-profile case of its term on Wednesday, weighing Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender minors. In the arguments on Wednesday, five of the court’s six conservatives seemed skeptical of the argument that the ban on gender-affirming care for minors is discriminatory. Two key conservatives, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice …

Supreme Court set for bombshell oral arguments on denying transgender children medical treatment
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court set for bombshell oral arguments on denying transgender children medical treatment

Daily Mail  

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday on a controversial Tennessee law denying transgender children medical treatment. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a major transgender rights case Biden's administration argues there is no way to determine whether 'treatments must be withheld from any particular minor' without considering the minor's sex. Chase Strangio, an attorney the American Civil Liberties …

U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to state ban on gender-affirming care
3 months, 3 weeks 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
3 months, 3 weeks 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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3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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

Federal judges allow Iowa book ban to take effect this school year
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal judges allow Iowa book ban to take effect this school year

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa can enforce a book ban this school year following a Friday ruling by a federal appeals court. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district judge’s earlier decision that temporarily halted key parts of the law, including a ban on books depicting sex acts in school libraries and classrooms. Reynolds said in a …

Judge upholds Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban; civil rights group vows immediate appeal
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge upholds Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban; civil rights group vows immediate appeal

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio law that limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18 can go into effect, a county judge ruled Tuesday. Franklin County Judge Michael Holbrook, in upholding the law, wrote that the ban “reasonably limits parents’ rights to make decisions about their children’s medical care consistent with the state’s deeply rooted legitimate interest in the regulation …

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

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

The Independent  

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

West Virginia is asking the US Supreme Court to consider transgender surgery Medicaid coverage case
8 months ago

West Virginia is asking the US Supreme Court to consider transgender surgery Medicaid coverage case

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review rulings that found the state’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government- In April, the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Andrew Schneider, executive director of LGBTQ+ advocacy organization Fairness West Virginia, said Thursday that the state has “a moral obligation to care for its vulnerable …

Judge postpones trial on Alabama’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge postpones trial on Alabama’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge has postponed the upcoming trial over Alabama’s ban on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender youth until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a similar case from Tennessee. U.S. District Judge Liles C. Burke wrote in a Tuesday order that it “would be unwise for the Court to invest …

Judge blocks Biden trans healthcare discrimination ban from taking effect in early Loper-Bright test
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge blocks Biden trans healthcare discrimination ban from taking effect in early Loper-Bright test

Salon  

A U.S. District Judge in Mississippi has blocked a Biden administration proposal to ban discrimination based on gender identity — including transgender status — among healthcare providers. Citing Loper-Bright v. Raimondo — the Supreme Court decision last week that killed the landmark Chevron Doctrine, a legal principle that gave agencies the power to enact policy not explicitly written into law …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Deccan Chronicle  

DES MOINES, Iowa: The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican lawmakers, and Iowa …

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

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 Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Texas Supreme Court upheld …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican lawmakers, and …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

LA Times  

Protesters and counterprotesters argue over a strict abortion ban in Iowa’s state Capitol in Des Moines last year. The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday said the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many …

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

Supreme Court Will Take Up State Bans On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
9 months ago

Supreme Court Will Take Up State Bans On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care. The justices’ action comes as Republican-led states have enacted a variety of restrictions on health care for transgender people, school sports participation, bathroom usage and drag …

Supreme Court will decide if states may prohibit hormones for transgender teens
9 months ago

Supreme Court will decide if states may prohibit hormones for transgender teens

LA Times  

People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility by the Capitol in Washington in 2023. In the last three years, however, many Republican-led states have enacted laws that forbid medical treatments intended to help youths under 18 transition to what the measures describe as a “purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex.” The Biden administration, the …

Supreme Court poised to enter debate over transgender care for minors
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court poised to enter debate over transgender care for minors

LA Times  

People attend a rally as part of Transgender Day of Visibility outside the U.S. Capitol in March 2023. The state’s lawmakers had questioned the safety and effectiveness of hormone treatments for teens, and 6th Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton said that “states may reasonably exercise caution in these circumstances.” Biden administration Solicitor Gen. Elizabeth Prelogar said the state laws impose …

U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Idaho's Ban On Gender-Affirming Care On Transgender Minors
11 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 …

Supreme Court Intervenes In Idaho Gender-Affirming Care Ban
11 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Intervenes In Idaho Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to begin enforcing a state law barring transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, at least for now. Labrador asked the nation’s highest court to limit the injunction solely to the two plaintiffs, thereby allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for the rest of trans minors in the …

Supreme Court Allows Idahos Ban On Transgender Youth Care
11 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
11 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 …

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy. Most Republican-led states have limited abortion access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and 14 states have …

Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution
11 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 …

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

By defining sex, some states are denying transgender people of legal recognition
1 year ago

By defining sex, some states are denying transgender people of legal recognition

The Independent  

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Idaho’s Ban On Transgender Youth Health Care
1 year, 2 months ago

Judge Temporarily Blocks Idaho’s Ban On Transgender Youth Health Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of an Idaho law banning transgender health care for minors on Wednesday, just days before it was set to go into effect. Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled Wednesday that the American Civil Liberties Union was right to ask for an injunction blocking the law until its lawsuit on behalf of …

Judge to rule on temporary block of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 4 months ago

Judge to rule on temporary block of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota district judge said Tuesday he’ll decide soon on whether to temporarily block the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for children, among the latest in a series of similar lawsuits playing out across the U.S. Three families and a pediatrician are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in September. They say the ban violates the …

Federal judge in Oklahoma clears the way for a ban on medical care for transgender young people
1 year, 5 months ago

Federal judge in Oklahoma clears the way for a ban on medical care for transgender young people

The Independent  

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Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment
1 year, 5 months ago

Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment

Associated Press  

— As Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the doctors who treat them are steeling themselves for change. Only those minors who have shown “a long-lasting and intense pattern of gender nonconformity or gender dysphoria” would be allowed to start puberty blocking or hormone treatment, and only under …

Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment
1 year, 5 months ago

Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment

The Independent  

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Judges maintain bans on gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee and Kentucky
1 year, 5 months ago

Judges maintain bans on gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee and Kentucky

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee and Kentucky can continue to ban gender-affirming care for young transgender people while legal challenges against those state laws proceed, federal appeals judges ruled. “Decisions that are not clearly resolved by the Constitution should be resolved by the people through their elected representatives.” In initial rulings months ago in Kentucky and Tennessee, trial court judges had …

Montana judge blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
1 year, 5 months ago

Montana judge blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors

The Independent  

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Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
1 year, 5 months ago

Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors

Associated Press  

— A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect. District Court Judge Jason Marks agreed with transgender youth, their families and health care providers that the law passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature is likely unconstitutional and would harm the mental …

Montana judge blocks law to ban hormone and other medical care for transgender minors
1 year, 5 months ago

Montana judge blocks law to ban hormone and other medical care for transgender minors

LA Times  

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Montana state Capitol in Helena to protest anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in 2021. A Montana law banning hormone treatment and other medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect. District Court Judge Jason Marks agreed with transgender youth, their families and …

Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government- The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in cases Thursday involving the coverage of gender-affirming care by North Carolina’s …

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