Idaho Trans Prisoners Get Gender-Affirming Care Ban Blocked

A federal judge in Idaho preliminarily blocked state officials and health-care providers from taking away transgender prisoners’ access to gender-affirming care before a trial on whether doing so violates their constitutional rights.

Chief Judge David C. Nye, of the US District Court for the District of Idaho, on Tuesday certified a class of trans prisoners who are receiving or will receive hormone therapy for gender dysphoria and prohibited state officials from enforcing a July 1 law that prohibits using state money to pay for the care. The named plaintiffs raised serious questions going to the merits of whether denying these ...