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Jack Dura

A trial is underway on North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for kids

Transgender Health North Dakota - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A trial in a lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors began Monday, more than a year after families of transgender children and a doctor filed the suit that argued the law violates the state's constitution.

North Dakota is one of more than two dozen states that have banned gender-affirming care. Like North Dakota, many of those states have faced court challenges to the laws.

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