US Supreme Court allows Idaho to ban gender affirming care for minors—for now

The US Supreme Court has allowed the state of Idaho to temporarily put into effect a state law that bans gender affirming care for children under 18.12Idaho passed the Idaho Vulnerable Child Protection Act, which bans prescribing puberty blockers and hormones of the child’s opposite sex, and some surgeries for children and adolescents under 18. It went into effect on 1 January 2024. Doctors who prescribe banned treatments face up to 10 years in prison.3Gender affirming care is a volatile political issue in the US where about 24 of the 50 states have banned it and legal challenges continue.Two anonymous Idaho teenage girls who were receiving gender affirming care and their parents sued the state of Idaho, asking a court to block the ban. A district court blocked the ban, which was then appealed to a higher court, which refused to block the lower court’s ruling. Idaho then appealed to…
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