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Nineteen states and D.C. sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over a declaration that labels gender-affirming treatments for minors as unsafe, aiming to restrict access and potentially cut federal funding, amid ongoing legal and political battles over transgender healthcare rights.
A Texas appeals court upheld a lower court’s injunction blocking the state from investigating parents who provide their transgender children with gender-affirming medical treatments, delivering a victory to LGBTQ groups, medical professionals, and civil liberties advocates. The injunction came after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered child abuse investigations into families whose children were receiving puberty-blocking treatments, which was challenged by the ACLU and Lambda Legal on behalf of a 16-year-old transgender girl's family. Texas currently bars young transgender people from receiving certain puberty-blockers and hormone therapies.
A Missouri judge has ruled that a law banning gender-affirming treatments for minors can take effect, starting Monday. The law prohibits health care providers from offering gender-affirming surgeries to children, and minors who have not started puberty will no longer have access to puberty blockers. The ACLU, Lambda Legal, and other organizations have sued to overturn the law, arguing that it is discriminatory. Proponents of the law claim that gender-affirming treatments are unsafe and untested, while major medical organizations in the US oppose bans on gender-affirming care for minors. Lawsuits have been filed in several states with similar bans.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a package of legislation that includes restrictions on gender-affirming treatments for minors, bathroom usage, and which pronouns can be used in schools. LGBTQ advocates criticized the legislation as an attack on their freedom. One of the bills prohibits transgender children from receiving gender-affirming treatments, and another prohibits transgender people from using a bathroom or changing room that matches their gender identity while in government buildings. The bills passed the Republican-controlled legislature in the final days of the 60-day legislative session this spring.
Missouri officials have terminated an emergency rule proposed by the Republican attorney general that would have placed limits on transgender care for minors and some adults. The rule would have required adults and children to undergo more than a year of therapy and fulfill other requirements before they could receive gender-affirming treatments such as puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery. The move was announced without explanation on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website. The law's termination comes less than a week after the Missouri Legislature approved a ban on minors starting care.
Missouri officials have terminated an emergency rule proposed by the Republican attorney general that would have placed limits on transgender care for minors and some adults. The rule would have required adults and children to undergo more than a year of therapy and fulfill other requirements before they could receive gender-affirming treatments such as puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery. The move was announced without explanation on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website. The ACLU of Missouri had filed a lawsuit to stop the rule, arguing that the attorney general bypassed the Legislature and did not have the authority to regulate health care through Missouri’s consumer-protection law.