Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Wednesday that prevents transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams, joining a dozen other states with similar laws. Flanked by more than a dozen young female athletes, including his 14-year-old daughter Piper, Stitt sig...
Federal judges have blocked enforcement of laws in Alabama and Arkansas, and Oklahoma has agreed to not enforce its ban while opponents seek a temporary court order blocking it. Missouri’s Planned Parenthood clinics had been ramping up available appointments and holding po...
" Daniel Trujillo said of the patchwork of state laws restricting gender-affirming care. "All American citizens should be able to live freely wherever they want to and live fully wherever they want to."
Attorneys presented oral arguments before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is already reviewing a similar ban in Tennessee, and the conservative court's ruling could affect laws in about two dozen other states....
Another Oklahoma proposal would prohibit distribution of public funds to organizations that provide gender-affirming procedures to patients younger than 21. “It’s irresponsible for anybody in health care to provide or recommend life-altering surgeries that may later be regretted,” said...
Several of the bans are so new that they haven’t taken effect yet. Missouri’s kicked in earlier this week. Enforcement of the laws in Arkansas, Georgia and Indiana is currently on hold. There are legal challenges to the policies across the country, and the...
Arkansas is now the fourth state to enact a "bathroom bill" in public schools. Similar laws are already in place in Alabama, Oklahoma and Tennessee, but lawsuits have been filed against the restrictions in the latter two states. Bills in Idaho and Iowa have also been passed ...
Last year, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona and Tennessee restricted the access to gender-transition care for transgender youth, though federal judges in Arkansas and Alabama have blocked those laws during litigation. Texas took a different tack, and classified gender-affirming health care aschild abuselast...
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Oklahoma on Thursday agreed to not enforce its ban while opponents of the law seek a preliminary injunction against it in federal court. These bans have spread quickly, with only three states enacting such laws before this year. Before DeSantis signed the latest ban, Florida was one of two ...