A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting part of Indiana’s ban on gender transition procedures for minors, pending the outcome of a legal challenge.
U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, blocked the enforcement of provisions in the bill that prohibited puberty blockers and cross-sex hormone therapy for minors.
Hanlon also blocked the portion of the law that prevented doctors from discussing these treatments with physicians in other states.
Plaintiffs Lacked Standing
However, Hanlon allowed the ban on gender reassignment surgery to remain in place, writing in his ruling that the plaintiffs lacked standing “to challenge that ban because gender reassignment surgeries are not provided to minors in Indiana.”…