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Supreme Court ruling on care for trans minors reopens other cases

The Washington Post · Ann E. Marimow · last updated

The Supreme Court on Monday told federal judges to revisit decisions siding with transgender individuals in light of the justices’ ruling this month that allows states to ban gender transition care for minors.

The directive from the justices, announced in the court’s routine orders list, could upend lower-court rulings involving transgender rights in four states. One cleared the way for transgender individuals in Oklahoma to change their sex designation on birth certificates. The others involve state health policies in Idaho, West Virginia and North Carolina that do not cover certain treatments for transgender patients.

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