Overview

• Montana's Supreme Court ruled to uphold a preliminary injunction against a law banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, citing likely constitutional violations.
• The decision aligns with a lower court ruling that the ban infringes on the state's constitutional right to privacy and possibly equal protection rights.
• The blocked law, SB 99, would have prohibited treatments such as puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors while allowing similar treatments for other conditions.
• The ruling allows transgender youth to continue receiving gender-affirming care as the case moves to a full trial in district court.
• Advocacy groups and plaintiffs, including transgender minors and healthcare providers, praised the decision but emphasized that the broader fight for trans rights continues.