gender affirming care
The decision has had immediate impact for families in Idaho, who are now left scrambling to figure out how to help their children receive care.
The law subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under age 18.
Transgender youth in the South must travel hundreds of miles to access gender-affirming care, according to new research.
The changes would add bureaucratic hurdles to receiving care, trans advocates say.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A lawsuit by a Seattle hospital says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas.
A North Dakota judge has ruled that he won’t immediately block the state’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors.
Many people in conservative states are having to make a difficult choice after facing harassment and anti-trans laws.
"I quickly realized that as a teen, there would be elements of my gender transition that were fully beyond my control."
The ban went into effect after Republican legislators overrode a veto from Democratic Governor Roy Cooper in August.
The new law will make it a felony crime for health care workers to provide gender-affirming care to young transgender people.