The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state of Idaho can enforce its ban on sex reassignment surgeries for minors.
law passed it By 2023, doctors will be prohibited from prescribing hormone therapy or puberty blockers, or performing gender reassignment surgeries such as mastectomies, vaginoplasty and phalloplasty on underage patients.The law was challenged in July 2023 by two families with children who identify as transgender, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, and was put on hold by a lower court in December, but the Supreme Court ordered I hope your stay continues It was deleted To allow the law to be enforced. (Related: Major review finds ‘weak evidence’ supporting factors that inhibit puberty in children)
“Generally, such injunctions should not go beyond what is necessary to provide interim relief to the parties,” the court wrote. “However, in this case, the district court went further and prohibited the state from enforcing any aspect of its duly enacted law against others.” Currently, courts have determined the extent to which it applies to nonparties, viz. It upholds district court injunctions to the extent that they provide “universal” relief. That is a welcome development. ”
On June 30, 2019, New York City’s transgender boy Damien participates in the New York Pride march as part of World Pride commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in New York City. (Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP) (Photo credit ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
The doctor could face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of violating the law, according to the Associated Press. The judges ordered that the two children at the center of the case, who had previously received transgender medical care, be allowed to continue treatment.
The majority opinion was this opposed By Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Almost half of the states in the country passed it A law that prohibits gender reassignment medical procedures on minors. Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly recently vetoed a bill that would have banned transgender surgeries on minors, arguing that the bill would interfere with parental rights.
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