Georgia Public Broadcasting: Families Sue Georgia Over Transgender Health Care Law

Four Georgia families filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the enforcement of Georgia’s ban on gender-affirming healthcare. The law, known as Senate Bill 140, will go into effect on July 1 and bans doctors from performing gender-affirming care on transgender people under age 18, including surgeries and hormone therapy. “Puberty blockers act as a bridge to the next decision point for parents, youth, and their doctors,” the ACLU said. “Allowing transgender adolescents the use of puberty blockers while banning them from receiving hormonal care is constructing a bridge to nowhere.” The plaintiffs are represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the ACLU of Georgia (ACLU-GA), and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), O’Melveny & Myers LLP, and Caplan Cobb LLP.

Read the full article here.