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A state district court judge in Missoula has put a hold on Montana’s new law restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, ahead of a trial challenging its constitutionality.
His ruling is one of many blocking similar state bans on gender-affirming care.
Youth who are transgender are free to continue receiving gender-affirming medical care in Montana with a preliminary injunction.
A state judge in Montana on Wednesday temporarily blocked a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, just four days before the law was set to take effect. Senate Bill 99, which was signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte in April, prohibits gender-affirming treatment for minors, while also restricting social transitioning — a process that typically involves a change in ...
A Montana judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of the state's recently enacted ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, marking the latest ruling nationally in battles over state restrictions on treatments for transgender youth. Missoula County District Judge Jason Marks ruled that the law likely discriminated based on minors' transgender status and infringed on their privacy rights in violation of Montana's constitution. The judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the law while a lawsuit by three families with transgender children and two medic...