Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee have issued preliminary injunctions that partially block recently passed state laws banning gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth, joining several other federal court decisions that have temporarily blocked or struck down a wave of similar laws.
Tennessee US District Judge Eli Richardson, who was appointed by Donald Trump, noted in his ruling on 28 June that “every court to consider preliminarily enjoining a ban on gender-affirming care for minors has found that such a ban is likely unconstitutional,”
