ANALYSIS: Arkansas Gender Care Ruling Puts Other Bans on Notice

A nationwide patchwork of gender-affirming care laws is creating thorny legal issues as courts grapple with how far states can go to ban certain health-care practices for transgender youth. But details found in the court cases—and especially in a recent ruling striking down Arkansas’s law—are shedding light on which types of challenges may find success in blocking the statutes.

As of June 26, laws or policies banning gender-affirming care for minors are in place in 17 US states, according to data gathered by Bloomberg Law. Many prohibit only certain types of care, and exceptions in the laws vary greatly ...