The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to enforce a controversial ban on gender-affirming care to minors as the law is appealed, temporarily reintroducing one of more than a dozen state bans on gender-affirming care, an increasingly hot-button issue for the GOP.
The Supreme Court ruled Idaho’s ban on gender-affirming care can be enforced, for now.
The Supreme Court approved a stay on a federal District Court decision, allowing Idaho to enforce the ban, with the high court’s conservative justices forming the majority opinion and its three liberal justices dissenting.
The Supreme Court’s ruling comes three months after a U.S. District Court upheld a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking state officials from enforcing the law, with the federal court finding the Republican-backed law violated the 14th Amendment protections of due process and equal protection under the Constitution.
This is a developing story and will be updated.