Idaho Gender-Affirming Care Ban Ruled Unconstitutional (1)

An Idaho law that prohibited doctors from treating gender dysphoria in minors through puberty-blocking hormones and cross-sex hormones violates the 14th Amendment, a federal court ruled.

Idaho’s Vulnerable Child Protection Act, which was supposed to take effect on Jan 1., criminalized such care, and practitioners who prescribed these treatments would have faced up to 10 years in prison. Two families with minor transgender children who were prescribed puberty blockers and hormone therapy pseudonymously sued state officials for constitutional violations.

The US District Court for the District of Idaho on Tuesday said the law violates the equal-protection and due-process guarantees of ...