US court scraps law banning gender transition treatment for minors
Arkansas is the first US state to ban minors from accessing hormonal or surgical gender transition treatments. – AFP pic, June 21, 2023.
A US federal judge yesterday struck down a law prohibiting minors from gender transition treatment in Arkansas, the first time such a restriction has been overturned as similar laws are enacted in Republican-led states. Judge Jay Moody ruled the law was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of doctors to provide medical care and discriminates against transgender people.
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