Federal appeals court upholds Arkansas gender transition ban for minors

A federal appeal court on Tuesday upheld an Arkansas law, in which doctors were stopped from providing gender transition medical treatment to the minors, reversing the decision of a lower court, which stopped the first-in-the-the-the-the-wide-the-the-the-the-wat

The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday 8–2, so that the lower back decision could be overturned, now allowed the state to implement the law. The appeal court maintained a uniform ban in Tennessee, citing the decision of the US Supreme Court in June, in which the Supreme Court of the country ruled that the law was constitutional and did not discriminate against transgender people.

Referring to the Supreme Court’s verdict, the appeal court agreed with a Republican Arkansus Attorney General Tim Griffin, that the law did not violate equal protection rights of transgender minors under the US Constitution.

Griffin said in a statement after the verdict, “I appreciate the court’s decision and be happy that children in Arkansas will be protected from experimental processes.”

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Arkansas Republican village. Sara Hakabi Sanders wrote on social media that the ruling is “a win for general knowledge – and for our children.”

Arkansas became the first American state to ban transgender remedies such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgery for minors, when the Republican-led legislature passed the restriction after the then-Gopa Gow Esa-Esa Hachinson’s veto ended.

Transgender children and four families of two doctors challenged the law, violating the proper procedure rights of the parents under the fourteenth amendment of the US Constitution to adolescents who protect from the experiment (safe) Act.

Writing the majority opinion, US Circuit Judge Duane Benton said that parents never have the right to receive medical treatment for their children that a state government had banned.

The judge also wrote that the judgment of the lower court, in which US District Judge J Moody ruled in 2023 that the law discriminates against the transgender people and transgender children “immediate and irreparable loss”, struggling with the Supreme Court’s decision in the Tenasi case. The law was also previously barred from being effective in 2021.

Meanwhile, US Circuit Judge Jane Kelly wrote in dissatisfaction that “there is a lack of evidence connecting Arkansas’s ban on gender-confirmation care with his alleged goal of protecting children.”

The American Civil Liberty Union and the American Civil Liberty Union of Arkansas were among the groups representing the plaintiff.

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“This is a tragic unjust consequence for transgender Arkansans, his doctors and his families,” said Holi Dixon, Executive Director of ACLU of Arkansas.

“The state had every opportunity and failed at every turn to prove that this law helps children; In fact, it is a dangerous law that bothers children,” he continued. “The law has already made a profound impact on families in Arkansas, which is a fundamental right to all their children. As we and our customers consider our next steps, we want transgender Arkansans to know that they are away from alone and we are determined to secure their rights, dignity, and equal access to safety.”

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The verdict on Tuesday on Tuesday, after the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals, was unanimously judged last week that a uniform ban in Oklahoma is constitutional, which also rely on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Tenasi law.

Reuters contributed to this report.