Health Care

Bills targeting transgender community meet judicial blockades

Most recently, federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday temporarily blocked bills set to take effect this weekend.

Reid Wilson

03:15 PM, Jun 29, 2023

FILE – Protesters of Kentucky Senate Bill SB150, known as the Transgender Health Bill, cheer on speakers during a rally on the lawn of the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., March 29, 2023. A federal judge temporarily blocked Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths on Wednesday, June 28, taking the action shortly before the measure was set to take effect. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Republican legislators this year raced to adopt new laws specifically targeting the transgender community. In the months, weeks and even days before many of those bills are set to take effect, judges are pumping the brakes.

Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday temporarily blocked parts of bills banning access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth that were set to take effect over the weekend.

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