Special Assistant Attorney General Joseph Quinn is challenging a lawsuit regarding the law Governor Doug Burgum signed in April 2023, which made it a crime for medical professionals to provide gender-affirming treatment to anyone under the age of 18. The law contains an exemption for adolescents who had been receiving treatment before it took effect.
Quinn presented two main arguments for the challenge, one said that the plaintiffs don’t have the right to bring the lawsuit, and the other said the state has presented enough evidence for the judge to rule in its favor without requiring a trial.
Three families filed the suit over the ban in September 2023, alleging the ban violates their parental freedoms and medical autonomy, and that it discriminates against children with gender dysphoria because it prevents them from accessing treatments to their condition. The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in January.
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