Lawsuit to block GA law banning gender-related treatments for minors

WUGA | By Jeff Dantre

Published June 30, 2023 at 1:47 PM EDT

Protesters rally at the Texas State Capitol on May 4, 2021 in Austin to stop proposed medical care ban legislation that would criminalize gender-affirming care.

A federal lawsuit has been filed asking the courts to block a Georgia law set to take effect tomorrow that bans certain gender-related treatments for minors. Senate Bill 140 stops healthcare providers from providing certain hormones or surgical treatment to children to align with their gender identity. Opponents say the law goes against published medical standards of care and will end up hurting transgender children. Supporters say it protects children from taking steps toward gender transition that are permanent.

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Jeff has delivered morning news at WUGA Radio for more than a decade. He was among a team at CNN that won a George Foster Peabody Award in 1991 for an educational product based on the fall of the Soviet Union. He also won an Edward R. Murrow Award from Radio Television Digital News Association in 2007 for producing a series for WSB Radio on financial scams. Jeff is a graduate of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University (MBA) and holds a BS in Business Administration from Campbell University, both in North Carolina.

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