Federal appeals court hears arguments over Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Arguments before a federal appeals court that is considering whether to reinstate Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors focused Thursday on whether it and similar restrictions adopted by two dozen states discriminate on the basis of sex. Ten judges with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. […]
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Ban On Gender-Affirming Care—Here Are All The States With Similar Bans Or Restrictions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Topline Austin district court Judge Maria Cantu Hexsel blocked an upcoming September 1 ban on gender-affirming care that was set to take effect in Texas, as a growing list of states—including more than a dozen this year—have passed similar legislation targeting transgender healthcare. gender-affirming care this year. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved […]
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Federal judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ books
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors, a federal judge ruled Saturday. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks issued a preliminary injunction against the law, which also would have created a new process […]
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Arkansas Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Struck Down by Judge
The first state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors has become the first one struck down in court. In 2021, Arkansas legislators overrode then-Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto to pass a law banning the provision of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries for people under 18 for the purpose of gender transition. It banned referrals […]
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Judge Strikes Down Arkansas’ Gender-Affirming Care Ban—Here Are All The Other Transgender Health Restrictions Blocked By Courts
Topline A federal court on Tuesday blocked Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for transgender children, after concluding the law was unconstitutional, joining other states that have had similar bans or restrictions held up by court rulings. gender-affirming care this year. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Timeline June 20, 2023U.S. District Judge Jay […]
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Left-wing SPLC appeals circuit court ruling on Jefferson County judicial relocation to Madison County | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is continuing to hammer away, fighting against a judicial seat that was moved to a different county. In May, Tiara Young Hudson won the Democratic primary for circuit court judge in Jefferson County. With no Republican running in the race, the SPLC claims that the election results were “tantamount to […]
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