ACLU sues Indiana Department of Correction over ban on transgender surgeries

The ACLU of Indiana is suing the Indiana Department of Correction for denying gender-affirming surgery to a transgender woman, challenging a new state law that prohibits the department from providing this kind of care to incarcerated people. House Bill 1569, authored by Rep. Peggy Mayfield, R-Martinsville, and signed into law this year, says the department may not use its own resources to facilitate gender-affirming surgeries. It was one of two dozen bills introduced this legislative session affecting transgender people, of which a handful have become law. The organization argues the...