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Transgender teens, families sue Idaho over felony ban on gender-affirming care

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Story by Brooke Migdon (1 June 2023)

The families of two transgender teenagers are challenging an Idaho law that criminalizes gender-affirming health care for minors in federal court.

They argue in a lawsuit that the state’s House Bill 71, set to take effect in January, represents an “unprecedented intrusion” into the fundamental autonomy of families and constitutes an unconstitutional ban on care considered medically necessary by most major medical organizations.

“HB 71 overrides medical decisions made by parents in consultation with their children’s doctors, about the care of their children,” the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in an Idaho district court, reads. “Where the adolescent patient, their parents, and their doctor all agree that gender-affirming medical care is medically necessary, the law strips families of the ability to access such care. Simply put, the law preempts Idaho parents’ (and doctors’) judgment about what is best for their own children.”

Under the Idaho law, signed in April by Gov. Brad Little (R), administering gender-affirming health care to transgender youths under 18 is a felony, punishable by up to a decade in prison.

“The Healthcare Ban barges into Idaho families’ living rooms and strips Idaho parents of the right to provide medical care for their children,” the lawsuit argues.

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