A federal judge has permanently blocked the country's first law banning gender-affirming care for minors, signaling a victory for LGBTQ+ advocates. The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Moody Jr. on Tuesday says the state of Arkansas violated several sections of the U.S. Constitution when it banned all gender-affirming treatments for people under 18. The 80-page ruling says depriving trans minors of treatments like hormone therapy would cause them irreparable harm, and that delaying care until adulthood would force teens to go through changes inconsistent with their gender identity. The ruling reads "Rather than protecting children or safeguarding medical ethics, the evidence showed that the prohibited medical care improves the mental health and well-being of patients and that, by prohibiting it, the State undermined the interests it claims to be advancing.” The testimony of well-credentialed experts, doctors who provide gender-affirming medical care in Arkansas, and families that rely on that care directly refute any claim by the State that the Act advances an interest in protecting children. Arkansas became the first state in the nation to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors when lawmakers passed Act 626 in 2021. Alabama, Florida, and Indiana have similar laws on the books, all of which are temporarily on hold.
US’s First Gender Affirming Care Ban In Arkansas Struck Down By Judge
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