Mon Jul 17, 2023 – 5:14 pm EDTMon Jul 17, 2023 – 7:04 pm EDT
FRANKFORT (LifeSiteNews) – U.S. District Judge David Hale has lifted a temporary injunction against a Kentucky law prohibiting the gender “transitioning” of minors, in what Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron is calling a “win for parents and children.”
Enacted in March when the state legislature overrode a veto by Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear, S.B. 150 forbids minors from being subjected to surgical or chemical “sex change” interventions, requires medical providers to wean minors off of already-dispensed puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones, prohibits classroom discussion of sexual or gender ideology, discourages state education officials from implementing or recommending “gender-affirming” policies such as using “preferred pronouns” or hiding transitions from parents, and restricts school restrooms and lockers to the correct sex.
ABC News reports that Hale issued a temporary injunction against the parts of the law concerning underage “transitions” last month, writing that a challenge by the parents of seven gender-confused children, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), had shown a “strong likelihood of success on the merits” a day before it was
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