Rolling Stones: “HOURS BEFORE A ban on gender-affirming care was set to take effect in Kentucky, a federal judge stepped in and placed a temporary injunction on the bill.
On Wednesday, Judge David J. Hale sided with seven trangender minors, and their families, who sued the state in response to SB 150, arguing that the bill’s ban on access to medical care violated the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The bill originally passed in March, over the veto of Kentucky’s Democratic Governor Andy Beshear.
The stay on the bill is partial, a ban on gender-affirming surgical procedures for individuals under the age of 18 will be allowed to proceed, but provisions against minors being able to access puberty blockers, and hormone therapy via prescription have been temporarily blocked. Other portions of the bill, which have not been placed under injunction, include a ban against school districts compelling staff or students from using an individual’s preferred pronouns.”