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WASHINGTON 鈥� Two transgender youth and their parents have to reject an application from the state of Idaho for a partial stay against an injunction currently blocking enforcement of a ban on gender-affirming medical care. The State is asking the Court to allow it to enforce the law with an exception for the Plaintiffs. Given the penalty of up to ten year鈥檚 imprisonment for doctors who violate the law, and the fact that the plaintiffs are anonymous in the case, such a ruling would jeopardize their ability to get care.

鈥淏eing able to medically transition and see myself, and be seen by others, as the girl I am absolutely saved my life,鈥� said Jane Doe, a transgender 17-year-old girl from Idaho and plaintiff in this case alongside her parents. 鈥淏efore I told my parents I was transgender, I was isolating myself, depressed, and anxious, and I felt trapped and scared almost daily. I could not see a future for myself 鈥� much less the one I have now with the support of my parents, my friends, my school, and my community. I am so grateful that when I told my parents about what I was experiencing, they listened to me, trusted me, and took me to providers who could give me the gender-affirming health care that I needed. I shouldn鈥檛 be forced to go without the care my family, my doctors, and I know is right for me.鈥�

In a lawsuit filed in May 2023, two Idaho families assert that HB 71, signed into law by Gov. Brad Little, violates the rights of transgender youth and their parents under the U.S. Constitution. In December 2023, a federal district court judge found the families likely to succeed in their challenge and blocked enforcement of HB 71 while the case goes forward, issuing a preliminary injunction.

After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Idaho鈥檚 request for a stay of the injunction to allow the ban to take effect while the appeal proceeds, Idaho asked the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay and allow the state to generally enforce HB 71 while the appeal is pending. Today鈥檚 filing urges the Supreme Court to deny this extraordinary request and maintain the injunction from the lower court blocking the law. A stay of an injunction at this stage of the legal proceedings by the Supreme Court is rare.

Poe v. Labrador was filed on behalf of the plaintiffs by the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Idaho, W/rest Collective, and Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP,

鈥淎s this lawsuit makes its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the State鈥檚 intention of trying to erase and undermine the existence of transgender Idahoans has rung clear to our community,鈥� said Paul Carlos Southwick, 老澳门开奖结果 of Idaho legal director. 鈥淚daho鈥檚 ban is a baseless and dangerous assault on the rights of families to determine what鈥檚 best for their transgender youth. Like every other political attack against this medical care, HB 71 is openly discriminatory and a danger to the very youth it claims to protect, injecting politics between their families and their doctors while denying them best-practice, evidence-based medical care.鈥�

鈥淚n the interest of our plaintiffs and their rights under the U.S. Constitution, we strongly urge the court to reject this request for a stay,鈥� said Li Nowlin-Sohl, staff attorney for the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 LGBTQ & HIV Project. 鈥淭he state is asking for an impossibility鈥搕o be able to generally enforce the law except as it affects the two plaintiffs. However, the health care they receive depends on a network of providers and pharmacists who would nonetheless be impacted if the state鈥檚 request is granted. Thus we ask the Court to maintain the injunction currently in place.鈥�

HB 71 bans puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and certain surgeries if they are used to affirm the gender of transgender people under 18, and threatens medical providers who provide this widely accepted care with a felony conviction and up to 10 years in prison.

The brief filed to the Supreme Court today can be found here.

Poe v. Labrador is a part of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Joan and Irwin Jacobs Supreme Court Docket.