Tennessee’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Challenged by Department of Justice

The Justice Department filed a complaint on Wednesday that challenges Tennessee’s recent ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, joining a lawsuit filed last week by three local families. The complaint alleges that the bill violates transgender patients’ right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. DOJ lawyers have asked that an immediate order is given to block the law from going into effect on July 1. Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) prohibits health care providers to offer or give certain types of affirming care to trans minors who...