A lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors will go to trial Monday.
will go to trial Monday, more than a year after families of transgender children and a doctor filed the suit that argued the law violates the state's constitution.
Court rulings have significantly reduced the scope of the North Dakota case, filed in late 2023. Earlier this month, a state district judge dismissed from the case some of the claims as well as the children and families who were plaintiffs, leaving only a pediatric endocrinologist as a plaintiff. “We were creating an atmosphere where if you felt you had that situation, that you were of that mentality, that we would go ahead and cut off body parts and affirm where you're at without trying to guide you through it," said Republican Rep. Bill Tveit, who introduced the bill."Maybe it was a wrong thought at that age, and if you want to make that decision when you're of age ... that's your prerogative once you're an adult.
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey last year found that transgender and gender-questioning teens reported higher rates of bullying at school than their peers and that about 1 in 4 transgender teens said they had attempted suicide in the past year. The judge later said the law does not apply to any minors who were receiving gender-affirming care before North Dakota's ban took effect, including the three plaintiff children. The judge said they “can receive any gender-affirming care they could have received" previously. But their access remains unchanged because that ruling was not enough of a final decision to satisfy attorneys for health care organizations, Stewart said.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, leading the inaugural prayer service on Tuesday, urged President Donald Trump to "have mercy" on his constituents, including LGBTQ people and immigrants.
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