8th Circuit hears arguments in landmark Arkansas case over gender-affirming youth health care ban arktimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arktimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dylan Brandt, a transgender 17-year-old and one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the state s first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender people younger than 18, took the witness stand Wednesday to testify how the care he has received has changed his life and how the threat of withdrawal of that care has affected him.
The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday (Aug. 25) upheld a preliminary injunction against an Arkansas law that bans gender transition procedures for those under age 18. Plaintiffs say the law, Act 626, violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause.
Judge to hear challenge to Arkansas law banning health care for transgender youth go.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from go.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.