Judge Rules Against DeSantis On Trans Youth Health

The New York Times reports:

A federal judge in Florida ruled on Tuesday that three transgender children can be prescribed puberty blockers, despite a new state law that prohibits gender transition care for minors and adds new hurdles for adults who seek similar care.

Though the ruling applied narrowly only to the three families that requested it, the judge wrote that the families were likely to succeed in having the law overturned, a statement that their lawyers said could have sweeping implications.

The judge issued a preliminary injunction in response to an emergency request by three Florida families. They and others had sued the state in March over an administrative ban on gender transition care for minors, and then widened their suit to take in the new law after Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed it on May 17.

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Judge Robert Hinkle, a Clinton appointee, first appeared here in 2014 when he ruled that Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.

A federal judge wrote that the plaintiffs suing to block the new law are “likely to prevail on their claim that the prohibition is unconstitutional,” though his ruling blocks the law only for the three children whose families requested it. https://t.co/iXnr0eTBST

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