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ACLU sues Idaho over criminalization of gender-affirming care for minors

JURIST

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued Idaho Wednesday to prevent the enforcement of its law criminalizing doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors. The lawsuit names Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, the prosecuting attorney for a county in Idaho and members of the Idaho Code Commission as defendants.

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US Supreme Court to rule on legality of gender-affirming care bans for transgender youth

JURIST

In the immediate aftermath of the law’s passage, the families of three transgender teenagers sued Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, the state’s health department, its medical board, and several other officials. The law also curtailed then-ongoing gender-affirming care for minor patients.

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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

SCOTUSBlog

There are some differences in the case – in the Idaho case, the district court’s decision to grant relief beyond the plaintiffs – a so-called “universal injunction” – was more prominent. Avenetti argues that under the 2nd Circuit’s rule, what would normally be handled by bar discipline is converted into a 20-year felony.

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