US EditionMontana judge strikes down law banning gender-affirming care for minors
- A judge in Missoula invalidated Montana’s 2023 Senate Bill 99, which banned most gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors.
- The ruling came after legal challenges asserted that the law infringed upon constitutional protections related to personal privacy, fairness under the law, and freedom of expression, following earlier judicial injunctions against its enforcement.
- Represented by Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Montana, the group challenging the law comprised transgender youth such as Phoebe Cross, their families, and healthcare professionals.
- Judge Marks found the state failed to prove that gender-affirming treatments posed greater health risks than other medical care and called the law unnecessarily discriminatory.
- The ruling blocks enforcement of SB 99 but faces state appeal plans, while plaintiffs say it removes a major threat to transgender youth and their providers.
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Judge finds 2023 law banning gender-affirming care for minors in Montana unconstitutional
“Just living as a trans teenager is difficult enough, the last thing me and my peers need is to have our rights taken away," said one of the teen plaintiffs.
·Helena, United States
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Montana judge strikes down law banning gender-affirming care for minors
A Montana court has struck down a 2023 state law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, finding the measure’s prohibitions unlawful and in conflict with the state’s constitution. In a 59-page ruling on Tuesday, District Court Judge Jason Marks ruled that Senate Bill 99, adopted by the state Legislature two years ago along party lines,…
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