Federal judges block Kentucky, Tennessee bans on gender-affirming care for youth
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Transgender youth in Tennessee and Kentucky will continue to be able to access medicinal forms of gender-affirming care, federal judges ruled Wednesday.
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The bill, passed into law in March, aims to regulate some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people, from restricting the bathrooms they can use, to banning access to gender-affirming health care.
A federal judge temporarily has blocked Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths. The judge took the action shortly before the measure was set to take effect. In issuing
Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee temporarily blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth Wednesday, handing down the rulings shortly before the statutes were set to go into effect.
Transgender youth in Tennessee and Kentucky will continue to be able to access medicinal forms of gender-affirming care, federal judges ruled Wednesday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. >> Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee temporarily blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth Wednesday, handing down the rulings shortly before the statutes were set to go into effect.
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Kentucky Senate Bill 150, which would have prohibited transgender minors from receiving several forms of gender-affirming care. The ruling stops the law from taking effect while other courts hear challenges to the law.
