The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked a state law prohibiting transition-related health care for minors.
“Fortunately, the Montana Supreme Court understands the danger of the state interfering with critical healthcare,” Kell Olson, an attorney for Lambda Legal, said in a statement.
The law also prohibits Medicaid from covering such treatments for trans minors.
In upholding the injunction, Montana Supreme Court Justice Beth Baker wrote in the majority opinion that the Legislature “did not make gender-affirming care unlawful,” nor “did it make the treatments unlawful for all minors,” as minors can still receive the treatments for other reasons.
The U.S. Supreme Court took up such restrictions for the first time last week, when it heard arguments over a similar law in Tennessee.
Persons:
Jason Marks, “, ” Kell Olson, ” Chase Scheuer, Austin Knudsen, ” “, Montanans, ” Scheuer, Marks, ”, Beth Baker, ” Baker
Organizations:
Montana Supreme, American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda, Lambda Legal, Montana Attorney, Republican, dysphoria, Associated Press, Movement Advancement, Montana, State, Zooey, Montana’s, U.S, Supreme
Locations:
Montana, Missoula County, Montana’s, ” Montana, Tennessee