Federal judge restores part of Georgia's law that had banned gender-affirming care for trans youth

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shawna mizelle 1 Min Read
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A federal judge on Tuesday restored the enforcement of a law in Georgia that banned licensed medical professionals in the state from providing patients under the age of 18 with cross-sex hormone therapy.

Last month, a federal judge temporarily blocked parts of Georgia’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth from going into effect, finding that potential effects to transgender youth, “including risks of depression, anxiety, disordered eating, self-harm, and suicidal ideation – outweigh any harm the State will experience from the injunction.”

The next day, an appellate court sided with an Alabama state law in a challenge to its gender-affirming care ban, which

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