Citing appeals court, Georgia asks judge to reinstate ban on hormone therapy for transgender minors

By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia officials have asked a federal judge to allow the state to resume enforcement of its restriction on hormone therapy for transgender people under the age of 18. Attorneys for the state said in a court filing on Tuesday that Judge Sarah Geraghty should vacate her order blocking Georgia’s hormone therapy ban because an appeals court allowed enforcement of a similar Alabama law. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Alabama can implement a ban on the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender children. That ruling came a day after Geraghty blocked Georgia’s hormone therapy restriction.