Appeals Court Upholds Alabama’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban—Here Are The Transgender Health Restrictions Blocked By Courts

An appeals court reversed an injunction on Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban late Monday, allowing the ban to be immediately enforced, adding to a list of other court rulings upholding or blocking similar bans or restrictions in other states. The federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Alabama bill that made it a felony to prescribe puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors under 19, indicating that states have “a compelling interest in protecting children from drugs” that have “uncertainty regarding benefits,” reversing a temporary injunction following a complaint from...