[Opinion] Ban on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Doesn't Violate Parental Rights

Tenth Circuit: Parents Do Not Have Right to Override Ban on Gender Transitioning of Minors

The Tenth Circuit handed down a notable opinion this week in Poe v. Drummond, upholding Oklahoma’s law prohibiting gender transition procedures for anyone under eighteen. The opinion by Judge Joel Carson (joined by Judges Harris Hartz and Gregory Phillips) concluded that parental rights do not trump a state’s determination of what are safe treatments for minor patients. Opinion polls show that most citizens favor a ban on such transitioning for …

Ban on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Doesn't Violate Parental Rights

From Poe v. Drummond, decided today by the Tenth Circuit (Judge Joel Carson, joined by Judges Harris Hartz and Gregory Phillips), upholding an Oklahoma statute that "prohibits healthcare providers from 'provid[ing] gender transition procedures' to anyone under eighteen." Parent Plaintiffs assert a substantive Due Process claim arguing that SB 613 impinges on their fundamental right to make medical decisions for their minor children…. Parents hav…