Arkansas ban on transgender surgery for minors struck down by judge as unconstitutional

A federal judge in Arkansas struck down the state's ban on transgender medical interventions for children Tuesday, deeming the law unconstitutional. The Arkansas law, which banned doctors from prescribing cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and genital surgeries to children, was the first such ban in the country. Several other states have followed suit. District Judge Jay Moody, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, permanently blocked the law after having temporarily done so in 2021. In his decision for the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Moody said the...