Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

Supreme Court intervened in lawsuit over Idaho’s gender-affirming ban. Now what happens?

It will take many months for the initial challenge to the law and an injunction ruling to work their way through the courts. Here’s what’s coming.

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth

The US Supreme Court has allowed Idaho to temporarily enforce a ban on life-saving gender-affirming care for trans and non-binary youth. The 2023 law made it a felony to provide gender-affirming care for minors. However, in June of that year, two trans teenagers and their families sued the state over the law. In December 2023, a US District Court Judge ruled that the state could not enforce the ban during the legal challenge.  Now, the Supreme C…

Idaho's ban on youth gender-affirming care has families desperately scrambling for solutions

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press Idaho families with transgender children are desperately scrambling for solutions as a state law banning gender-affirming care for minors has taken effect. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the 2023 law can be enforced while lawsuits against it work their way through lower courts. Under the law, doctors could face up to 10 years in prison for providing hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care …

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth

The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. The justices' order Monday allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects...

The Supreme Court Will Allow Idaho to Enforce Its Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Now

The ruling reverses an injunction that blocked the law from taking effect.

US Supreme Court allows Idaho gender-affirming care ban for minors to go into effect

The US Supreme Court granted an emergency request for stay led by Idaho officials, allowing the state to temporarily enforce a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for certain minors. This ban is one of the first cases related to transgender health care to reach the nation’s highest court. Labrador v. Poe is the case that challenged the law enacted in Idaho last year, which prohibits treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for …