Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Idaho Law Banning Transgender Procedures for Minors

Published on December 28, 2023

New legislation that would ban transgender procedures for minors was temporarily blocked by a federal judge in Idaho on Dec. 26, just days before it is set to go into effect. Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill granted the preliminary injunction after finding that the new measure likely violates the U.S. Constitution. The law, House Bill 71, also known as the Vulnerable Child Protective Act, was passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature in February and signed into law by Gov. Brad Little, also a Republican, in April. Under the bill, a number of surgeries and medications that “sterilize or mutilate” are banned among those younger than 18 with gender dysphoria....

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