A federal appeals court blocked Michigan’s 2023 ban on counseling for minors that aims to dissuade patients from pursuing a so-called gender transition, declaring it violates the First Amendment rights of therapists.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit voted 2-1 on Dec. 17 to issue a preliminary injunction temporarily halting the state law in Catholic Charities v. Whitmer.
