Associated Press: Judge Blocks Georgia Ban on Hormone Replacement Therapy for Transgender Minors
August 21, 2023
US District Court Judge Sarah Geraghty granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit seeking to challenge Georgia's Senate Bill 140, which prohibits minors from receiving hormone replacement therapy or gender-affirming surgery. “The imminent risks of irreparable harm to Plaintiffs flowing from the ban — including risks of depression, anxiety, disordered eating, self-harm, and suicidal ideation — outweigh any harm the State will experience from the injunction,” Judge Geraghty wrote. The plaintiffs are represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP.
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