State judge set to hear arguments over Louisiana’s trans youth health care ban

By: Drew Costley, Verite

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: January 15, 2026

Words: 1,416

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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An East Baton Rouge Parish judge is expected to rule as soon as this week on whether to dismiss a two-year-old lawsuit against the state of Louisiana over a 2023 law that bans medical professionals from providing transgender health care for minors, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a similar law in Tennessee.

In January 2024, five Louisiana teenagers and their families sued the state to block Act 466, which had gone into …

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