Appeals court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for minors
An appeals court has upheld laws in Tennessee and Kentucky banning gender-affirming care for minors. Last February, trans-rights advocates (in a file photo), protested on the balcony of the Tennessee House of Representatives. (Courtesy Tennessee Equality Project)
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled 2-1 that the transgender plaintiffs did not have a constitutional right to gender-affirming care as minors, saying courts should get out of the way of “thoughtful debates” within state legislatures.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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