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  1. July 12, 2024

    7 Gender-Affirming Care Cases To Watch In 2024's 2nd Half

    The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a constitutional challenge by the federal government to Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, while other appeals courts are weighing the constitutionality of states' and employers' restrictions on gender dysphoria treatment. Here are seven cases involving gender-affirming care access that attorneys will be tracking in the second half of the year.

  2. April 23, 2024

    Appellate Courts Confront Legal Fights On Transgender Care

    The national debate over transgender rights reached the U.S. Supreme Court and surfaced in three circuit courts over the last week as judges take up fiercely litigated questions on gender-affirming care and participation in sports.

  3. April 11, 2024

    Full 8th Circ. Hears Ark. Bid To Revive Youth Trans Care Ban

    An en banc panel of the Eighth Circuit weighing whether to revive an Arkansas state law that banned gender-affirming care for children and teens heard oral arguments Thursday, as Arkansas officials sought to demonstrate that the law does not unconstitutionally discriminate based on sex.

  4. March 29, 2024

    5 Appellate Arguments Benefits Attys Should Watch In April

    A defense contractor will square off with the government over pension obligations, workers at an auto parts retailer and Georgetown University staffers will look to revive suits claiming their retirement savings were mismanaged, and a ban on gender-affirming care for minors will get an en banc review. Here are five argument sessions that should be on benefits attorneys' radar in April.

  5. December 19, 2023

    Doctor Groups Say Ark. Law Blocks Lifesaving Gender Care

    A coalition of pediatrician groups has told the Eighth Circuit that Arkansas lawmakers ignored medical evidence that gender dysphoria is a clinical condition for which youths can and should be treated.

  6. December 15, 2023

    Feds Urge 8th Circ. To Affirm Block On Ark. Trans Care Ban

    The Eighth Circuit should affirm a lower court decision that found an Arkansas law banning gender transition care for young transgender people is unconstitutional, the federal government told the appeals court Friday.

  7. December 14, 2023

    20 States Ask 8th Circ. To Uphold Trans Care Access In Ark.

    California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 19 other attorneys general on Thursday asked the Eighth Circuit to affirm a federal judge's ruling that overturned a ban on access to gender-affirming care in Arkansas.

  8. December 08, 2023

    Ark. Youths Urge 8th Circ. To Uphold Access To Trans Care

    Four Arkansas youths with gender dysphoria and their parents have urged the Eighth Circuit to affirm their access to gender-affirming medical care, arguing that the lower court correctly found Arkansas' new law banning the treatment for transgender youth to be unconstitutional.