Posted on 10/09/2025 4:03:56 PM PDT by CFW
A North Dakota judge has upheld the state's law banning transgender treatments for minors, ruling that it doesn't violate the state constitution.
District Judge Jackson Lofgren said in his decision Wednesday that the law discriminates on the basis of age and medical purpose, not sex, and that there’s little evidence the state legislature passed the law for “an invidious discriminatory purpose,” The Associated Press reported. He also mentioned the various concerns and ongoing debates over transgender medical treatments.
“The evidence presented at trial establishes there is a legitimate concern regarding the capacity of minors to understand and appreciate the long-term consequences of the practices prohibited by the Health Care Law,” Lofgren wrote.
The state law, which took effect in April 2023, makes it a felony to perform transgender surgery on a minor and a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to prescribe or give hormone treatments or puberty blockers to a child who identifies as transgender.
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Dakota. Where’s the heavy lifting? Do it in a blue state or city if you want to make a point or a statement.
Gonna be awesome.
No kidding? There’s a judge in that State who’s still not been sufficiently indoctrinated by Marxist Democrats? Hard to believe!
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