The law would prevent transgender minors from accessing hormone therapies, puberty blockers and transition surgeries.
, and violated doctors’ ability to follow “well-established, evidence-based” medical guidelines under threat of losing their license.
The order from the all-Republican Supreme Court lifting the injunction and allowing the law to take effect did not explain the decision. The order did not address the lower court’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional, and a full hearing is expected. The Texas law would prevent transgender minors from accessing hormone therapies, puberty blockers and transition surgeries, even though medical experts say such surgical procedures are rarely performed on children. Children who already started the medications being banned are required to be weaned off in a “medically appropriate” manner, the law said.
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