Coverage dated August 11, 2025 to August 12, 2025

Appeals court allows Arkansas to enforce gender-affirming care ban

Headline from The Hill

Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming care for minors is upheld by a federal appeals court, reversing a lower court decision.

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Reports & sources

9 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Hill

    Appeals court allows Arkansas to enforce gender-affirming care ban (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming care for minors is upheld by a federal appeals court, reversing a lower court decision.

  2. Arkansas Times

    Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect - Arkansas Times (opens Arkansas Times)

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    Arkansas Times's feed description

    Four years after state lawmakers passed it, a ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth is legally cleared to take effect.

  3. Fox News

    Appeals court allows Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender transition care for minors to be enforced (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas law banning gender transition medical treatment for transgender minors, reversing lower court decision that blocked the ban

  4. Legal Insurrection

    Federal Appeals Court Upholds Arkansas Ban on Transgender Treatments for Minors (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    "It does not violate this Nation’s historical concept of ordered liberty for the people of Arkansas, through their legislature, to prohibit physicians from providing gender transition procedures for minors."

  5. The Christian Post

    'Protecting the children': Circuit court upholds state's minimum age law for gender medicalization of minors (opens The Christian Post)

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    The Christian Post's feed description

    A full circuit court has upheld an Arkansas law that prohibits medical professionals from providing gender transition procedures like surgeries to minors.

  6. NBC News

    U.S. appeals court upholds Arkansas law banning youth transgender care (opens NBC News)

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    A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Arkansas law barring doctors from providing gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery to transgender minors

  7. Breitbart News

    Federal Court Allows Arkansas to Enforce Law Banning Sex Changes for Minors (opens Breitbart News)

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    A federal court on Tuesday ruled that Arkansas can enforce is ban on sex changes for minors, citing the Supreme Court's June ruling upholding a similar law in Tennessee.

  8. Blaze Media

    Court sides with Arkansas banning transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers for children (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    The appeals court cited a Supreme Court decision on a similar ban in Tennessee.

  9. Townhall

    Eighth Circuit Court Upholds Arkansas's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors (opens Townhall)

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    Townhall's feed description

    Eighth Circuit upholds Arkansas's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, reversing a lower court's decision.

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