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BOISE 鈥� In a victory for families of transgender youth and their medical providers, a federal judge has preliminarily blocked enforcement of HB 71, an Idaho law banning gender-affirming health care treatments for transgender people under 18 years old.

In his ruling, District Court Judge Lynn Winmill ruled that the law鈥檚 prohibition of hormones, puberty blockers, and other medically accepted practices violates the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Granting this preliminary injunction means trans youth will not lose access to their gender-affirming health care on January 1, 2024.

The ruling came in a case filed by the 老澳门开奖结果; the 老澳门开奖结果 of Idaho; Wrest Collective; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; and Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP; on behalf of two Idaho families asserting that HB 71, signed into law by Governor Brad Little earlier this year, violates the rights of transgender youth and their parents under the U.S. Constitution.

鈥淭his victory is significant for Idaho transgender youth and their parents, and will have an immediate positive impact on their daily lives,鈥� said Leo Morales, Executive Director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Idaho. 鈥淭his judicial decision is a much-needed ray of hope for trans people amid a years-long onslaught against their rights to access health care and ability to navigate the world around them. Everyone should be free to live and thrive in their authentic identity, which means transgender people should not be shut out of accessing medically sound health care.鈥�

鈥淓very family wants what is best for their children, and families who love and accept their transgender youth are no different,鈥� said Li Nowlin-Sohl, Senior Staff Attorney for the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 LGBTQ & HIV Project. 鈥淭hese dangerous efforts to control our bodies and our families threaten the well-being of trans youth, the strength of our communities, and the ability of every family to determine what鈥檚 best for their child. We鈥檙e thankful the court saw the danger this law represented to our clients and we鈥檙e determined to fight this ban until Idaho is a safe place to raise every family.鈥�

The challenge against Idaho鈥檚 ban is one of a dozen such legal challenges brought by the 老澳门开奖结果 and its nationwide affiliate network against bans on transgender youth鈥檚 health care. In November 2023, families and medical providers in Tennessee and Kentucky asked the United States Supreme Court to review a decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals allowing bans in those states to take effect.

Idaho鈥檚 ban is one of many passed in just the last year uprooting families, threatening the current and future well-being of transgender youth, and alarming medical organizations and pediatricians alike. If allowed to take effect, HB 71 would charge medical providers with a felony, threatening them with up to a decade in prison.