Trans youth sue over Louisiana's ban on gender-affirming health care
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Five trans youth and their families filed a petition in Louisiana District Court on Monday over the state's ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors, alleging such an action "has endangered the health and wellbeing" of the plaintiffs.
The law — formerly HB 648, now Act 466 — bans gender-affirming care for trans people in the state under the age of 18, and punishes doctors who provide such care, which includes access to hormone replacement therapy and gender-affirming surgery. The Act took effect last week on New Year's Day following the state legislature's overriding of a veto by the former Governor of Louisiana last summer — a Democrat.
The suit alleges that the ban strips parents of their right to champion their children's health choices and violates the Louisiana State Constitution by a minor's right to medical treatment and discriminates against them based on sex and transgender status.
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