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Judge orders Georgia to continue hormone therapy for transgender inmates
Judge Calvert ruled the ban violates the Eighth Amendment as gender dysphoria is a serious medical need; 107 inmates were receiving hormone therapy by June, court records show.
- U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert ruled Georgia prison system's ban on hormone therapy violated the Eighth Amendment and ordered continued treatment for transgender inmates.
- After Georgia enacted the May law banning state-funded hormone therapy, the Center for Constitutional Rights sued on behalf of inmates, amid a roiled 2025 session with Democrats walking out of the vote.
- Evidence presented to the court demonstrated plaintiffs' experts showed a blanket ban on hormone therapy risks imminent injury, while Calvert rejected prison physicians' and state lawyers' defenses.
- State lawyers filed notice of appeal to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and Attorney General Chris Carr vowed to fight `all the way to the Supreme Court`, calling the case `absurd`.
- After a September preliminary injunction, the ruling follows the U.S. Supreme Court upholding Tennessee ban in June amid broader national litigation over transgender policies.
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