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Posted inHealth Care

Families and doctors challenge Montana’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors

The van Garderen family is among the plaintiffs in a new lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 99, Montana’s new law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. The complaint, filed May 9 in state district court in Missoula, argues that the policy “represents vast government overreach and will cause untold harms” if allowed to take effect in October.