The law discriminates against trans youth by 'unjustifiably denying access to ... medically necessary care,' the DOJ alleges.
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The DOJ alleges that the law, one of dozens targeting trans youth across the country, "discriminates both on the basis of sex and on the basis of transgender status, each in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.""The law discriminates against transgender minors by unjustifiably denying them access to certain forms of medically necessary care ...
A doctor is allowed to prescribe testosterone for a cisgender adolescent boy if he is suffering delayed pubertal development, but "the law makes it a felony for the same doctor to prescribe the same testosterone to a transgender male youth to affirm his gender identity," per the complaint. The DOJ also notes that the American Academy of Pediatrics agrees gender-affirming care is "safe, effective, and medically necessary treatment for the health and wellbeing of some children and adolescents suffering from gender dysphoria."
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