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Suit targets Kentucky ban on gender-affirming care for youth

WUKY | By Associated Press
Published May 3, 2023 at 8:56 PM EDT
A protester shows her opposition to Kentucky Senate bill SB150, known as the Transgender Health Bill outside the Senate chamber at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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A protester shows her opposition to Kentucky Senate bill SB150, known as the Transgender Health Bill outside the Senate chamber at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)



Several families have challenged Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. They say in a new lawsuit that the ban interferes with parental rights to seek medical treatment for their
children.

They are asking that a judge block a portion of a sweeping measure passed by the state’s GOP-dominated legislature. The federal lawsuit was
filed Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Seven Kentucky families with
transgender children are listed as plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges sections of the Kentucky law that would ban puberty blockers and hormone therapy for trans youths.

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