Federal Judge Halts Indiana Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

A Trump-appointed judge in Indiana has blocked parts of a state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth from going into effect next month. The law prohibits physicians from providing minors with treatments such as puberty blocking medication, hormone therapy and surgery intended to help transition genders. But US District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction Friday that blocks the ban on most of those treatments. The decision comes after the American Civil Liberties Union sued to stop the law from going into effect on behalf of four transgender youth and their families, a physician and a health care clinic.