US EditionAppeals court allows Arkansas to enforce gender-affirming care ban
The Eighth Circuit ruled 8-2 that Arkansas' SAFE Act does not violate constitutional rights and cited evidence of health risks from gender-affirming treatments for minors, enabling enforcement after four years.
- On Tuesday, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted an injunction and upheld Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming care in an 8-2 decision, clearing the way for enforcement.
- Originally passed in 2021, the Arkansas SAFE Act was struck down in June 2023 after an eight-day trial, with Moody ruling it violated constitutional rights.
- Following the Supreme Court’s June ruling, the court cited the U.S. v. Skrmetti twenty-five times and held the law classifies by age and medical procedure, not sex.
- Arkansas officials hailed the law’s enforceability, with Griffin saying he expects the court to issue its mandate within weeks, allowing enforcement to begin.
- Earlier this month, the Tenth U.S. Circuit upheld Oklahoma’s ban, joining over a dozen states enacting similar laws amid a nationwide trend.
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Circuit Court Supports Law on Minimum Age for Gender-Related Treatments
A full circuit court has affirmed Arkansas’s law that bans medical professionals from performing body-altering gender transition procedures on minors. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit delivered the ruling on Tuesday, upholding the Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, or Act 626.
Court Upholds State Ban on Transing Kids.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A federal appeals court overturned a block on an Arkansas law prohibiting transgender medical procedures for minors, allowing the legislation to take effect.WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Arkansas lawmakers, and Republican officials, including Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on August 12 and pertains to Ar…
Circuit court upholds Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for minors
By Lakyra Banks Click here for updates on this story ROGERS, Arkansas (KHBS, KHOG) — After being on hold for four years, Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is now set to be enforced. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge to a ban on the law that’s been in place since 2021. The SAFE Act, or Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, prohibits doctors from providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, o…
Another Court Lets Another State Keep Cruel Ban on Trans Youth Health Care
In 2023, a district judge blocked Arkansas’s SAFE Act (SB49), a policy that banned transgender treatment for minors, ruling it unconstitutional. But in an act of lawfare on Tuesday, a federal court reversed the injunction–and upheld the ban in an 8-2 ruling. The “Save Adolescents from Experimentation” legislation, originally passed in 2021, prohibits doctors from providing gender-affirming treatments to Arkansans under 18. While the bill was in…
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