A North Dakota judge has declined a request to halt enforcement of the state’s ban on new gender-transitioning procedures for minors.
A group of plaintiffs is actively challenging a 2023 law that makes it a Class B felony for medical professionals to surgically remove or modify a minor’s sexual organs, perform mastectomies on a minor, or provide him or her with puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to accommodate gender perceptions that are at variance with a child’s biology. The plaintiffs in the case, T.D. v Drew H. Wrigley, have sought a preliminary injunction pausing enforcement of this 2023 law until a court can reach a final determination on its legality.
