North Dakota justices hear arguments on gender-affirming healthcare ban

By: Mary Steurer

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: June 30, 2026

Words: 840

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Attorneys challenging the state’s ban on gender-affirming healthcare for minors told the North Dakota Supreme Court that the law will keep life-saving care from adolescents who need it.

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.

The plaintiff, pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Luis Casas, and his attorneys announced …

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