Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors ruled unconstitutional by judge.

A federal judge has ruled that Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming care for children is unconstitutional, making it the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt similar restrictions. The law would have prohibited doctors from providing gender-affirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to anyone under 18. The ruling affects only the Arkansas ban but may carry implications for the fates of similar prohibitions, or discourage attempts to enact them, in other states.