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EDITORIAL: Pushback is strongest in the arena of banning biological males from competing in women’s sports, but it’s also taking place within the U.S. medical establishment as moves are made to ban ‘gender transition’ treatments for minors.
Idaho and West Virginia both have laws that ban transgender athletes from competing on sports teams at public schools and universities that do not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. There are 25 other states that have such laws.
Dec. 22, 2025, ruling struck down the secretive policies on First Amendment grounds and held that parents ‘have a right’ to the ‘gender information’ of their children, while teachers themselves also have the right to provide parents with that information. But a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit blocked that order Jan. 5.
An increasing number of parents are now coming forward to share their stories of the harm done to their children by specialists in gender-affirming care.
Hospital systems and individual hospitals in California; New York; Washington, D.C.; Colorado; Illinois; Pennsylvania; and other states have announced changes in recent weeks in how they treat children who believe they are the opposite sex. Some transgender clinics are shutting down entirely.
The June 18 ruling in United States v. Skrmetti marks a significant victory for Tennessee and 25 other states with similar restrictions on transgender medical interventions, such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries for minors.
Numerous U.S. states have moved lately to limit transgender procedures for minors, including surgical procedures and chemical prescriptions such as puberty blockers.
The Department of Health and Human Services report noted irreversible medical interventions on children who do not have any physical health conditions.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed legislation that would have protected the religious liberty of adoptive parents and faith-based adoption centers on issues related to gender identity and sexual orientation.
In March, the White House canceled multiple grants. Now, the administration is ordering the NIH to resume some transgender research but with the goal of examining the potential negative consequences the hormonal and surgical treatments can have.
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