The families argue the new law violates their parental rights by stopping them from providing medical care for their children
"If we crack the door on allowing discrimination of any type against any protected class of people- someone will open the door wide open"
According to plaintiff's lawyers, there are up to 9,000 Medicaid transgender enrollees in Florida receiving gender-affirming care
Montana health care providers and families challenge law banning Gender-Affirming care for transgender youth
The law now makes it a felony for physicians to provide trans youth with treatments that can include puberty-blocking drugs and hormones
The ACLU of Missouri told the judge the regulations "will cause immediate, severe and potentially irreparable harm"
The petition names Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who filed the emergency rule on April 13 to stop trans healthcare in the state
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court on behalf of Samantha & Brian Williams of Nashville and their 15-year-old transgender daughter
The previous version last session was cosponsored by 206 House Democrats but failed to advance beyond the U.S. House Judiciary Committee
Bailey's restrictions go further than most anti-trans policies that have been implemented in other conservative states