Indiana Officials Appeal Block on Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Members of Indiana’s Medical Licensing Board notified a federal court that they’re appealing an order that blocked them from enforcing restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors.

The move to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday was expected, but it may be more significant now that a sister circuit has halted a similar order in Tennessee and may be poised to do so in Kentucky.

Judge James Patrick Hanlon, of the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, granted preliminary relief June 16 to a proposed class led by four transgender minors, their parents, ...