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Live updates show medical providers, including Dr. Jennifer Tufts, being cross-examined as Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial focuses on whether telehealth and treatment decisions influenced her deteriorating mental health; prosecutors allege a systemic failure to diagnose and treat her condition, while the defense argues postpartum psychosis and overmedication played a role in the killings.
A federal district court judge has struck down an Arkansas law that banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth, stating that it violates their constitutional rights. The law also barred state funds and insurance coverage for gender-affirming care and allowed private insurers to refuse to cover such care for people of any age. The restrictions were challenged in a lawsuit backed by four families of transgender youth, two doctors, the American Civil Liberties Union, and law firms. At least 17 other states have passed similar laws, several of which are under preliminary injunctions.
Families of transgender youth in Florida are uncertain about the implications of a federal judge's ruling that temporarily blocked the state's ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors. The judge's preliminary injunction only listed the three families who filed suit, causing confusion and hope for other families and medical providers. Critics of Florida's law say it was written to be deliberately nebulous, designed to stymie care out of fear. The state is expected to appeal the ruling, leaving providers uncertain about whether they should risk prison time and losing their medical license by assuming that the injunction also protects them.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill into law that bans gender-affirming care for minors, making Texas the largest state to do so. The law prohibits health care providers from prescribing hormones or puberty blockers to minors or performing surgeries to help with their gender transition. Medical providers who violate the law could have their license revoked. The ban has been criticized by medical associations and advocates for transgender youth, who argue that it harms them. The American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups have pledged to file a lawsuit to block the ban from going into effect.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has issued emergency regulations that restrict medical providers from providing gender-affirming care to transgender children unless they meet stringent state requirements. The regulations will require providers to disclose health risks of gender-affirming care and prohibit care for children with untreated mental health problems. Bailey has launched an investigation into the Washington University clinic that offers care to transgender minors.