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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is appealing a federal judge's June ruling that struck down Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming health care treatments for transgender youths.
A federal judge in Little Rock struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender affirming healthcare treatments for minors as unconstitutional on Tuesday, saying the law violates the Constitutional rights of transgender youth, their parents, and their medical providers.
The ban went against the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause, Due Process Clause, and First Amendment, the court found.
They're awaiting a federal judge’s decision on a 2021 law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Testimony concluded Thursday in a federal bench trial that will decide the constitutionality of Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender affirming health care for minors with a pediatric endocrinologist from St. Louis who said he has been studying the issue for 10 years and has concluded that until more is known, doctors who provide such care are doing so unethically.