Indiana Ban on Transgender Treatments for Minors Can Be Enforced, Court Rules

Hormonal treatments for minors can cause bone damage, stroke, and infertility, Indiana’s Deputy Solicitor General James Barta said.

The law bans hormone treatments and puberty blockers aimed at minors in addition to continuing the prohibition on gender transition surgeries. File photo/Shutterstock

An appeals court reversed a district court ruling against an Indiana law seeking to ban gender transition procedures for minors, allowing the regulations to come into effect.

In April last year, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law SB 480, prohibiting physicians and other medical practitioners from knowingly offering “gender transition procedures” to people younger than 18, even if there was parental consent.