Overview

• A Missouri judge temporarily halted enforcement of a rule that restricts access to gender-affirming health care for transgender kids and adults.
• The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Tennessee's new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care.
• The federal government is seeking to invalidate the statute because it violates the Constitution's equal protection clause by discriminating on the basis of both sex and transgender status.
• Republican lawmakers across the country have proposed hundreds of laws aimed at transgender people.
• Major medical organizations support gender-transitioning care and have said that bans pose serious mental health risks to young people, infringing not only on their rights but also on the rights of doctors and parents.