Federal Judge Halts Florida's Ban on Transgender Care for Minors.

A federal judge has blocked Florida from applying a ban on gender-affirming care to three minors whose parents are part of an ongoing lawsuit, saying they would "suffer irreparable harm" if they were not allowed to continue access to hormones and other types of treatment. The preliminary injunction does not apply to other minors who may wish to obtain treatment, but the ruling suggests that a key part of the law itself could get knocked down as the legal challenge proceeds. The new state law that banned minors from receiving "puberty blockers" and other types of gender-affirming care was approved in early May at the urging of Republicans, who called the treatments "evil" and "child abuse."