{"id":2007277,"date":"2023-08-21T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-ban-on-hormone-treatment-for-minors-blocked-by-federal-judge\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T17:35:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T21:35:51","slug":"georgia-ban-on-hormone-treatment-for-minors-blocked-by-federal-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-ban-on-hormone-treatment-for-minors-blocked-by-federal-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge blocks Georgia&#8217;s ban on hormone treatment for minors."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-ban-on-hormone-treatment-for-minors-blocked-by-federal-judge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007277&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Federal Judge Temporarily \u200cBlocks Georgia Law Banning Sex-Change Procedures \u2063on Minors<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">federal judge<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/georgia\">Georgia<\/a> has issued a temporary block on part of a new state law that prohibits medical providers from performing most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/total-nightmare-biden-policy-redefining-sex-puts-doctors-at-risk-american-principles-project-president-says\/\" title=\"\u2018Total Nightmare\u2019: Biden Policy Redefining Sex Puts Doctors At Risk, American Principles Project President Says\">sex-change procedures<\/a> on\u200c minors. The legislation\u200c went into effect last month.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Preliminary\u200c Injunction Granted<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Geraghty, appointed by President \u200cJoe Biden, granted \u2064a preliminary injunction on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legislation\/64231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill \u2064140<\/a>. This\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-ban-on-hormone-treatment-for-minors-blocked-by-federal-judge\/\" title=\"Federal judge blocks Georgia's ban on hormone treatment for minors.\">bill bans gender transition surgery<\/a> and hormone therapy\u2062 for individuals under 18.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Protecting Minors&#8217; Rights<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Judge Geraghty blocked part of the \u200cstate law that prohibits hormone replacement therapy, \u2062siding with four anonymous children and their parents who\u200d argued that the \u200claw &#8220;is substantially likely to violate the \u2063Equal Protection Clause.&#8221; In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/koe-v-noggle-injunction-order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">83-page opinion<\/a>, Geraghty emphasized the \u2063potential risks of irreparable harm to the plaintiffs, including depression, anxiety, disordered eating,\u200b self-harm, and suicidal ideation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Substantial Likelihood of Success<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Judge \u200cGeraghty acknowledged that the plaintiffs\u2062 demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on their equal protection claim, highlighting the \u2063minors&#8217; risk of &#8220;irreparable harm.&#8221; The ruling emphasized that without\u2062 an injunction, these young plaintiffs would be unable\u2064 to \u2062access necessary treatment recommended by their healthcare providers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Controversial\u2063 Decision<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This decision contrasts with the concerns raised by many medical journals regarding the dangers of such treatments for minors. These journals provide little evidence of benefits, as highlighted in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-witness-unable-to-name-one-study-that-shows-benefits-of-sex-change-treatments-for-minors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hearing<\/a> in the House Subcommittee on\u2062 Health.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Georgia&#8217;s Law \u2062and Response<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this year, Georgia Republican Gov. Brian \u200cKemp \u2062signed the law, which includes provisions protecting minors \u200dfrom receiving hormone replacement therapies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-nfl-player-calls-for-separate-transgender-category-of-sports-after-biden-executive-order\/\" title=\"Retired NFL Player Calls For Separate Transgender Category Of Sports After Biden Executive Order\">sex reassignment surgeries<\/a>. Cole Muzio, president of the conservative Christian group \u2063Frontline Policy\u2062 Action, praised the law \u2062but described it as &#8220;one of \u2063the weakest in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gov. Kemp has never been afraid to \u2063protect children, and we appreciate his continued commitment to standing against radical and harmful agendas,&#8221; Muzio said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Challenging the Ban<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>However, just \u200cdays before the law took \u200beffect on July \u20631, the Southern \u2062Poverty Law Center filed a federal lawsuit against the state on behalf of several children, parents, and a community organization. They argue that the law &#8220;strips parents of their rights to make critical decisions \u2063about \u2064their child&#8217;s health care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Poverty Law Center stated, &#8220;The situation creates an\u200c impossible choice for parents, who either must flee the state to ensure their child has access to medically necessary \u200ccare or discontinue puberty blockers\u200b and watch their child \u2064suffer untreated gender dysphoria \u200bfor years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Legal Battles Across the U.S.<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>More than 20 states have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-gender-theory-emerges-as-key-wedge-issue-in-2024-presidential-election\/\" title=\"Gender theory becomes divisive issue in 2024 election.\">passed laws protecting minors<\/a> from sex-change procedures, but these laws have faced challenges from groups claiming violations of the 14th\u200c Amendment. While some laws have\u2063 been \u2063put on hold, others have survived court challenges, such as in Tennessee where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled against a preliminary injunction \u2062blocking the state&#8217;s\u2062 law.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Georgia federal judge has issued a temporary block on a new state law that prohibits medical providers from conducting most sex-change procedures on minors. The legislation, known as Senate Bill 140, was halted by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Geraghty in the Northern District of Georgia after it came into effect last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":2007278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}