OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Tulsa declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a felony crime for health care workers in Oklahoma to provide gender-affirming medical care to young transgender people.
Heil wrote that the plaintiffs had not demonstrated that parents have a fundamental right to choose such medical care for their children.
At least 22 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, and most of those states face lawsuits similar to the one in Oklahoma.
A federal judge in June declared that Arkansas’ ban was unconstitutional, the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition.
Arkansas was the first state to enact a ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors.
Persons:
John Heil III, Heil, ” Heil, Kevin Stitt, Gentner Drummond, Bill, Drummond, Phil Bacharach, Jenner, Block, ” “, ”
Organizations:
OKLAHOMA CITY, —, Oklahoma's Republican, Gov, Enforcement, American Civil Liberties Union, Oklahoma, Lambda Legal, U.S, Circuit, Arkansas
Locations:
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S, Arkansas