Montana Supreme Court Upholds Ruling for Minors to Access Transgender Procedures

Laws seeking to ban such procedures violate the constitutional right to privacy, say the judges.
Montana Supreme Court Upholds Ruling for Minors to Access Transgender Procedures
A young girl at the annual New York City Pride March in New York City on June 25, 2023. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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The Supreme Court of Montana on Dec. 11 upheld a lower court’s decision to temporarily block a state ban on so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors, allowing children to continue accessing such medical procedures.

The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed in response to a state bill, SB 99, which was signed into law by Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte in April last year that restricted transgender procedures for minors in the state.
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