On Friday, a federal court blocked Indiana's law prohibiting gender-based treatment of children from going into force. According to The Hill, U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon ordered a preliminary injunction preventing the state from implementing its ban on gender treatments for children, but notably excluded the restrictions on cross-sex procedures.
July 1 was the deadline for the ban to go into force. Republican governor Eric Holcomb signed the bill in early April, and if it becomes law, transgender adolescents would have to stop taking the several drugs that are prohibited by the law by the end of the year.
A number of transgender kids, their parents, and a doctor later filed a lawsuit against the state with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Ken Falk, the legal director for the ACLU of Indiana, stated that the organization will keep suing the government until the statute was "struck down for good."
According to the pro-LGBT Movement Advancement Project, at least 20 states have either outright banned or placed certain limitations on children' access to gender-related procedures.
July 1 was the deadline for the ban to go into force. Republican governor Eric Holcomb signed the bill in early April, and if it becomes law, transgender adolescents would have to stop taking the several drugs that are prohibited by the law by the end of the year.
A number of transgender kids, their parents, and a doctor later filed a lawsuit against the state with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Ken Falk, the legal director for the ACLU of Indiana, stated that the organization will keep suing the government until the statute was "struck down for good."
According to the pro-LGBT Movement Advancement Project, at least 20 states have either outright banned or placed certain limitations on children' access to gender-related procedures.
