A lawsuit was filed in Kansas by transgender teens and their parents against a state law prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors with gender dysphoria. The ACLU represents two teens, Ryan Roe and Lily Loe, asserting that the law violates their constitutional rights to equal protection and infringes upon parental authority in medical decisions for their children. The legislation only permits similar treatments for cisgender minors with specific disorders and threatens medical licenses for doctors treating trans youth. The plaintiffs argue this creates a risk of serious harm to the well-being of transgender minors.
Lily and Ryan have been thriving since they started receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy, but now their trusted doctors in Kansas can no longer help them.
The suit asserts that the recently-enacted law impermissibly infringes on the parents' fundamental right to the care, custody, and control of their children.
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