Puberty Blockers Will be Limited to Clinical Trials, Says U.K. Health Service
LGBTQ+ activists in the U.K. are criticizing this restriction on care for transgender youth.
June 11, 2023
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LGBTQ+ activists in the U.K. are criticizing this restriction on care for transgender youth.
Judge Robert Hinkle trashed the rationale behind Florida's ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors.
Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and children.
These aren't final decisions on the bans, but they can't be enforced while lawsuits against them are heard.
Violet DuMont says she fears that "I’m gonna be walking down the street and somebody’s gonna come up and, like, shoot me or something.”
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill to this effect into law Friday.
The conservative justices seemed skeptical of overturning the anti-trans law.
Government officials said the medication poses an "unacceptable safety risk," but study often referenced by British officials about the treatment has come under criticism.
AG Letitia James's letter comes after a hospital in the state canceled appointments for young people planning to receive puberty blockers.
The court reversed a lower court's decision blocking the ban while a lawsuit against it is heard.
The state already bans such care for minors, but Rep. Brent Money's bill targets adults as well.
Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Missouri, representing the families and organizations suing to challenge the ban, plan to appeal.
The case, U.S. v. Skrmetti, will have far-reaching implications for gender-affirming care and other issues of bodily autonomy.
Hormone blockers for minors, the trans movement's new frontier.
Families, health care providers, and LGBTQ+ groups had sued to block the bans, but they'll be enforced while the lawsuits proceed.
They're seeking an injunction preventing the law — targeting children and youth — from going into effect, saying it will cause irreparable harm.
Providers could face up to 10 years in prison.
A judge ordered Children's Medical Center Dallas to temporarily reopen its gender-affirming care program to new patients while a lawsuit is heard.
Civil rights groups are denouncing the new law while offering resources to families affected. The law targets not only trans youth, but restricts all trans people from accessing public funds for care.
The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.
Those who sued have "shown they will face irreparable harm" if the order is allowed to stand, a federal judge wrote.