Federal Court of Appeals Sticks to Arkansas Gender Transition Injunction

Federal Court of Appeals insists on Tuesday Arkansas Law The prohibition of doctors from providing gender transitional care to minors reverses the lower court ruling that locked down the first law.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday, overturning a lower court ruling and now allowing the state to enforce the law. The Court of Appeal cited U.S. Supreme Court The June decision upheld a similar ban in Tennessee, with the country’s Supreme Court ruling that the law is constitutional and does not discriminate against transgender people.

The Court of Appeal referred to the Supreme Court’s ruling, agreeing to Republican Attorney General Tim Griffin that the law does not violate the equal rights of transgender minors in the U.S. Constitution.

“I appreciate the court’s ruling and I’m glad to Arkansas kids “Will be protected,” Griffin said in a statement after the ruling.

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“This ruling is a victory of common sense – a victory for our children,” Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrote on social media.

Arkansas became the first state in the United States to ban transgender treatment, for example, in 2021, the Republican-led legislature provided minors with such puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries in 2021 after overturning the then gop gov. asa hutchinson veto.

Four families of trans children and two doctors challenged the law, believing that Saving adolescents violated the due process rights of parents under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution from the Experimental (Safety) Act.

U.S. Circuit Judge Duane Benton wrote the majority opinion, saying parents never have the right to get medical care for children prohibited by the state.

Four trans children and two doctors presented challenges in 2021. (Andrea Ronchini/Nurphoto via Getty Images)

The judge also wrote The decision of the courtU.S. District Court Judge Jay Moody ruled in 2023 that law discriminated against transgender people and posed “direct and irreparable harm” to trans children, clashing with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Tennessee. The law was previously blocked in 2021.

Meanwhile, U.S. Circuit Judge Jane Kelly wrote in the dissent: “The lack of shocking evidence links Arkansas’s ban on gender-providing care with its goal of protecting children.”

The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union in Arkansas are groups representing the plaintiffs.

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Arkansas Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders called the ruling “winning common sense – for our children.” (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“This is a tragic injustice for trans Arkansans, their doctors and their families,” Holly Dickson, executive director of the Arkansas Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

“The state has every opportunity and fails at any time to prove that the law helps children; in fact, it is a dangerous law that will harm children,” she continued. “The law has had a profound impact on Arkansas families, who all deserve the basic rights that are best for children. When we and our clients consider our next steps, we want trans Arkansans to know that they are far from alone and that we are still firmly ensuring their safety, dignity, and equal access to health care.”

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Tuesday’s ruling is The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Last week, a unanimous ruling in Oklahoma was constitutional and relied on a Supreme Court ruling on Tennessee law.

Reuters contributed to the report.