Doctor to appeal decision upholding North Dakota ban on transgender care for minors

By: Mary Steurer

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: February 26, 2026

Words: 814

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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A North Dakota doctor is appealing a district court judge’s ruling last fall that upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

South Central District Court Judge Jackson Lofgren in October found that the 2023 law, which makes it a crime to prescribe puberty blockers and other treatments to adolescents, does not violate the state constitution.

Attorneys representing the plaintiff, pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Luis Casas, announced in a Thursday press conference they will …

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