Trans Youths Ask Sixth Circuit to Uphold Blocks on Care Bans

Orders blocking Tennessee and Kentucky from enforcing bans on transgender care for minors ought to be upheld while the cases proceed, minors, parents, and medical providers told a federal appeals court.

The gender-affirming care bans likely violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause and the parents’ fundamental right to make medical decisions for their children, the groups said in separate briefs filed Thursday in the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

A Sixth Circuit motions panel in early July lifted the injunction against the Tennessee ban, and the Kentucky-based judge stayed an injunction following that decision. To date, ...