Supreme Court Allows Idaho To Enforce Its Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Transgender Youth
April 15, 2024 3:34PM PDT
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts.
The justices’ order Monday allows the state to put in place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under age 18.
Under the court’s order, the two transgender teens who sued to challenge the law still will be able to obtain care.
The court’s three liberal justices would have kept the law on hold.
A federal judge in Idaho had blocked the law in its entirety, saying that it was necessary to do so to protect the teens.
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