US EditionCourt rules Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care can be enforced amid suits
- On Tuesday, the Ohio Supreme Court allowed the state to enforce its ban on gender-affirming treatments for minors while the legal appeal is ongoing.
- This ruling follows the legislature overriding Governor Mike DeWine's December 2023 veto of the SAFE Act, with ongoing litigation filed by the ACLU in March 2024.
- The law prohibits counseling, surgery, and hormone therapy for transgender youth except when treatments are ongoing or stopping is risky, and also bans transgender girls from female sports teams.
- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost called the ruling a victory to protect vulnerable children, while ACLU Legal Director Freda Levenson said clients have suffered irreparable harm during eight months of the law’s enforcement.
- The court’s 4-3 decision reverses a March lower court block and allows the restrictions to remain active, indicating ongoing legal and political disputes over transgender health care in Ohio.
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Ohio Supreme Court Says State Can Enforce Transgender Surgery Ban
The Ohio Supreme Court has issued a ruling that allows the state to enforce a ban on transgender treatments for minors, including the use of cross-sex hormones. A majority of justices on April 29 granted an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, which enables enforcement of the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. The law, which took effect in 2024, prohibits doctors from performing gender reassignment surgeries on minors and p…
27 states have passed laws restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth
By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-seven states have passed bans on gender-affirming health care for transgender children and teenagers, according to a CNN analysis of data from the Movement Advancement Project, a nonprofit think tank that advocates for LGBTQ rights. An estimated 40% of transgender youth ages 13 to 17 live in these states, according to MAP and The Williams Institute. These laws are in the spotlight after the US Supreme Court he…
HHS quits paying for kids' 'gender-affirming care' that was promoted under Biden administration
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said his department has "ended funding for gender mutilation surgeries and other kind of gender dysphoria practices."
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